RCW 86.26.005 Declaration of purpose. It is the purpose of the state in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers and in the interest of public welfare, to establish a state and local participating flood control maintenance policy. [ 1951 c 240 § 2.]
RCW 86.26.007 Flood control assistance account—Use. The flood control assistance account is hereby established in the state treasury. At the beginning of the 2005-2007 fiscal biennium, the state treasurer shall transfer three million dollars from the general fund to the flood control assistance account. Each biennium thereafter the state treasurer shall transfer four million dollars […]
RCW 86.26.010 Administration and enforcement. The department of ecology shall have charge for the state of the administration and enforcement of all laws relating to flood control. [ 1984 c 212 § 2; 1951 c 240 § 3.]
RCW 86.26.040 Duties of local engineer—Approval of plans, etc., by department of ecology—Grants to prepare comprehensive flood control management plan. Whenever state grants under this chapter are used in a flood control maintenance project, the engineer of the county within which the project is located shall approve all plans for the specific project and shall […]
RCW 86.26.050 Projects in which state will participate—Allocation of funds. (1) State participation shall be in such preparation of comprehensive flood control management plans under this chapter and chapter 86.12 RCW, cost sharing feasibility studies for new flood control projects, projects pursuant to section 33, chapter 322, Laws of 1991, and flood control maintenance projects […]
RCW 86.26.060 Allocation of funds. Grants for flood control maintenance shall be so employed that as far as possible, funds will be on hand to meet unusual, unforeseeable and emergent flood conditions. Allocations by the department of ecology, for emergency purposes, shall in each instance be in amounts which together with funds provided by local […]
RCW 86.26.070 Flood control maintenance fund of municipal corporation—Composition—Use. Any municipal corporation subject to flood conditions, may establish in its treasury a flood control maintenance fund. Such fund may be maintained by transfer thereto of moneys derived from regular or special lawful levies for flood control purposes, moneys which may be lawfully transferred to it […]
RCW 86.26.080 Annual budget reports of municipal corporations—Allocation of funds. Any municipal corporation intending to seek state participating funds shall, within thirty days after final adoption of its annual budget for flood control purposes, report the amount thereof, to the engineer of the county within whose boundaries the municipal corporation lies. The county engineer shall […]
RCW 86.26.090 Scope of maintenance in which state will participate. The state shall participate with eligible local authorities in maintaining and restoring the normal and reasonably stable river and stream channel alignment and the normal and reasonably stable river and stream channel capacity for carrying off flood waters with a minimum of damage from bank […]
RCW 86.26.100 Agreement as to participation—Limit on amount. State participation in the cost of any flood control maintenance project shall be provided for by a written memorandum agreement between the director of ecology and the legislative authority of the county submitting the request, which agreement, among other things, shall state the estimated cost and the […]
RCW 86.26.105 Comprehensive flood control management plan—Requirements—Time for completion. A comprehensive flood control management plan shall determine the need for flood control work, consider alternatives to in-stream flood control work, identify and consider potential impacts of in-stream flood control work on the state’s in-stream resources, and identify the river’s meander belt or floodway. A comprehensive […]
