Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.001
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 57.32 — Consolidation of Districts—Transfer of Part of District
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 57.32 · 9 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.010
Consolidation authorized—Petition method—Resolution method
Two or more districts may be joined into one consolidated district. The consolidation may be initiated in either of the following ways: (1) Ten percent of the voters residing within each of the districts proposed to be consolidated may petition the board of commissioners of their respective districts to cause the quest…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.020
Certificate of sufficiency
If the consolidation proceedings are initiated by petitions, upon the filing of such petitions with the boards of commissioners of the districts, the boards of commissioners of each district shall file such petitions with the auditor of the county in which all or the largest geographic portion of the respective distric…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.021
Procedure upon receipt of certificate of sufficiency—Agreement, contents—Comprehensive plan
Upon receipt by the boards of commissioners of the districts proposed for consolidation, hereinafter referred to as the "consolidating districts", of the lead county auditor's certificate of sufficiency of the petitions, or upon adoption by the boards of commissioners of the consolidating districts of their resolutions…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.022
Certification of agreement—Election, notice and conduct
The boards of commissioners of the consolidating districts shall certify the agreement to the county auditors of the respective counties in which the districts are located. A special election shall be called by the county auditors for the purpose of submitting to the voters of each of the consolidating districts the pr…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.023
When consolidation effective—Cessation of former districts—Rights and powers of consolidated district
If at the election a majority of the voters in each of the consolidating districts vote in favor of the consolidation, the consolidation shall be authorized. The consolidation shall be effective and the consolidating districts shall cease to exist and shall then be and become a new district and municipal corporation of…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.024
Vesting of funds and property in consolidated district—Outstanding indebtedness
Upon the formation of any consolidated district, all funds, rights, and property, real and personal, of the former districts, shall vest in and become the property of the consolidated district. Unless the agreement for consolidation provides to the contrary, any outstanding indebtedness of any form, owed by the distric…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.130
Commissioners—Number
The commissioners of the districts consolidated into any new consolidated district shall become commissioners thereof until their respective terms of office expire or until they resign from office if the resignation is before the expiration of their terms of office. At each election of commissioners following the conso…
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.32.160
Transfer of part of district—Procedure
A part of one district may be transferred into an adjacent district if the area can be better served thereby. Such transfer can be accomplished by a petition, directed to both districts, signed by the owners according to the records of the county auditor of not less than sixty percent of the area of land to be transfer…