Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.001
Actions subject to review by boundary review board
Actions taken under chapter 87.52 RCW may be subject to potential review by a boundary review board under chapter 36.93 RCW.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 87.52 — Dissolution of Districts without Bonds
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 87.52 · 9 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.010
Dissolution authorized
1897 ACT Any irrigation district, organized and existing by virtue of laws of this state, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidated and wound up in the manner hereinafter provided.
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.015
Petition
A petition signed by one-third or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors thereof, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness and praying that said district be disorganized under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, shal…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.030
Election—Ballots—Qualified electors
Upon the delivery of said petition the board of directors of said irrigation district shall, at their next succeeding regular monthly meeting, order an election, the date of which election shall be within twenty days from the date of said meeting of the board of directors and which election shall be conducted as other…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.040
Vote required—Petition to court—Notice and publication of hearing—Court order
If three-fifths of the votes cast at any election under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060 shall contain the words "Disorganize, Yes," then the board of directors shall present to the superior judge of the county in which said irrigation district is located an application for an order of said superior co…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.060
Board of directors as trustees—Duties—Records to be delivered to clerk
Upon the disorganization of any irrigation district under the provisions of RCW 87.52.010 through 87.52.060, the board of directors at the time of the disorganization shall be trustees of the creditors and of the property holders of said district for the purpose of collecting and paying all indebtedness of said distric…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.070
Dissolution when not brought under irrigation for twenty years
1939 ACT Any irrigation district of the state of Washington, now existing or hereafter organized, which has no bonded indebtedness outstanding, and which has been in existence for more than twenty years without having secured the irrigation of any of its lands, may be disorganized and its business and affairs liquidate…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.080
Petition
A petition signed by twenty-five or more holders of title or evidence of title to lands within said district who shall be qualified electors, reciting the fact that said district has no bonded indebtedness, has been in existence for more than twenty years, and has secured no irrigation for any of its lands, and praying…
Wash. Rev. Code § 87.52.090
Election—Procedure when three-fifths vote for disorganization
Upon the delivery of said petition, as aforesaid, the board of directors of said district, the secretary thereof, and all other officials provided by law, shall call, notice, conduct and canvass an election, and if three-fifths of the votes cast at said election are in favor of the disorganization of the district, shal…