Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board
Actions taken under this chapter may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 57.04 — Formation and Dissolution
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Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.020
Districts authorized
Water-sewer districts are authorized to be established for the purposes of chapter 57.08 RCW. Such districts may include within their boundaries one or more counties, cities, and towns, or other political subdivisions. However, no portion or all of any city or town may be included without the consent by resolution of t…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.030
Petition procedure—Hearing—Boundaries
(1) For the purpose of formation of water-sewer districts, a petition shall be presented to the county legislative authority of each county in which the proposed district is located. The petition shall set forth the reasons for the creation of the district, designate the boundaries of the district, and state that estab…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.050
Election—Notice—Excess tax levy
Upon entry of the findings of the final hearing on the petition if one or more county legislative authorities find that the proposed district will be conducive to the public health, welfare, and convenience and will benefit the land therein, they shall present a resolution to the county auditor calling for a special el…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.055
County auditor to conduct elections—Expenses
All elections held pursuant to this title, whether general or special, shall be conducted by the county auditor of the county in which the district is located. Except as provided in RCW 57.04.060, the expense of all such elections shall be paid for out of the funds of the district.
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.060
District created—Name—Formation expenses
If at the election a majority of the voters voting upon the proposition vote in favor of the formation of the district the county legislative authority shall so declare in its canvass of the returns of the election to be made within ten days after the date of the election, and the district shall then be and become a mu…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.065
Change of name—Procedure—Effect
Any district may apply to change its name by filing with the county legislative authority in which was filed the original petition for organization of the district, a certified copy of a resolution of its board of commissioners adopted by majority vote of all of the members of that board at a regular meeting thereof pr…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.070
When two or more petitions filed
Whenever two or more petitions for the formation of a district shall be filed as provided in this chapter, the petition describing the greater area shall supersede all others and an election shall first be held thereunder, and no lesser district shall ever be created within the limits in whole or in part of any distric…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.080
Act cumulative
*This act shall not be construed to repeal, amend, or modify any law heretofore enacted providing a method for water supply for any city or town in this state, but shall be held to be an additional and concurrent method providing for such purpose. Nor shall this act be construed to repeal **chapter 161 of the Laws of 1…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.090
Dissolution—Legislative and court methods
Dissolution of district, see chapters 36.96 and 53.48 RCW.
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.100
Dissolution—Election method
Any district may be disincorporated in the same manner (insofar as the same is applicable) as is provided in RCW 35.07.010 through 35.07.220 for the disincorporation of cities and towns, except that the petition for disincorporation shall be signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the voters in the district.
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.110
Dissolution when district's boundaries identical with municipality
A district whose boundaries are identical with, or if the district is located entirely within, the boundaries of a city or town may be dissolved by summary dissolution proceedings if the district is free from all debts and liabilities except contractual obligations between the district and the city or town. Summary dis…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.120
Sewerage improvement districts located in counties with populations of from forty thousand to less than seventy thousand become sewer districts
(1) On and after March 16, 1979, any sewerage improvement districts created under Title 85 RCW and located in a county with a population of from forty thousand to less than seventy thousand shall become districts and shall be operated, maintained, and have the same powers as districts created under this title, upon bei…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.130
Sewerage improvement districts operating as sewer districts become water-sewer districts—Procedure
Any sewerage improvement district which has been operating as a sewer district shall be a district under this title as of March 16, 1979, upon being so ordered by the county legislative authority of the county in which such district is located after a hearing of which notice is given by publication in a newspaper of ge…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.04.140
Formation—Alternative method—New development
(1) As an alternative means to forming a water-sewer district, a county legislative authority may authorize the formation of a water-sewer district to serve a new development that at the time of formation does not have any residents, at written request of sixty percent of the owners of the area to be included in the pr…