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Diking Districts (Revised Code of Washington (RCW): Title 85 Diking and Drainage; Chapter 85.05)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
State of Washington
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Land & soil, Water
Keyword
Erosion Flood Local government Governance Procedural matters Expropriation Drainage/land reclamation Public participation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Tax/levy Court/tribunal Servitude Surface water Inland waters Waterworks Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) concerns diking districts. Specifically, it provides for the authorization of districts, their powers and management; eminent domain powers of a district; resolution to construct drainage system: notice of hearing, procedure in absence of objections, objections to improvement, assessment of benefits, appeal to supreme court, trial de novo, assessments for drains and dikes to be segregated, bonds to construct drainage system, and appellate review; rights­of­way on public land; organization, matters to be set in notices, petitions or proceedings; beds and shores of streams granted to district; action by district to prevent washing away of stream banks, expenses for appropriation of land; dikes along public road; annexation of territory, consolidation of special districts, suspension of operations , reactivation; authority to annex and assume diking and drainage systems erected and operated by United States upon permissive legislation by Congress and Indian trust lands and restricted lands may be included.

Full text
English
Website
leg.wa.gov