Diking, Drainage, Sewerage Improvement Districts—1967 Act (Revised Code of Washington (RCW): Title 85 Diking and Drainage; Chapter 85.15) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision State of Washington Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water Keyword Flood Drainage/land reclamation Sewerage Local government Governance Procedural matters Tax/levy Court/tribunal Financing Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Chapter of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) concerns diking, drainage, sewerage improvement districts. It states that the maintenance, enlargement and extension of diking, drainage and sewerage improvement districts is essential to the public welfare and economy of the state. The influx of population and changes in land use since many such districts were formed, has made obsolete, expensive and unjust the method used under existing law to provide funds for the operation of such districts and for the maintenance and expansion of their systems of improvement. Among others, the Chapter provides for property roll, its basis and requisites, separate levies for prior indebtedness; public hearing, notice, publication; written objections, filing, grounds, waiver; reexamination of properties on roll, adjustment, periodic revision, of valuations; roll constitutes valuations against which levy made and collected, hearing on adjustments; roll and proceedings conclusive, and remedies; review by superior court as to how taken; levy is for continuous benefits to protected property; annual estimate of costs, levy added to general taxes, delinquencies, disposition of revenue; emergency expenditures, warrants; and concurrent use of other methods of raising revenue. Full text English Website leg.wa.gov