Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.005
Short title
This chapter shall be known and cited as the "State Reclamation Act".
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 89.16 — Reclamation by State
Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 89.16 · 10 active provisions
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.010
Declaration of purpose
The object of this chapter is to provide for the reclamation and development of such lands in the state of Washington as shall be determined to be suitable and economically available for reclamation and development as agricultural lands, and the state of Washington in the exercise of its sovereign and police powers dec…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.020
Reclamation account created—Composition
(1) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the state reclamation revolving account, heretofore established and hereinafter called the reclamation account, shall consist of all sums appropriated thereto by the legislature; all gifts made to the state therefor and the proceeds of the sale thereof;…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.040
Payments from account—Reclamation districts specified—Rehabilitation of existing projects
From the moneys appropriated from the reclamation account there shall be paid, upon vouchers approved by the director of ecology, the administrative expenses of the director under this chapter and such amounts as are found necessary for the investigation and survey of reclamation projects proposed to be financed in who…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.045
Loans from account—Contracts—Repayment
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the director of ecology may, by written contract with a reclamation district, loan moneys from the reclamation account to said district for use in financing a project of construction, reconstruction or improvement of district facilities, or a project of additions to…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.050
Powers and duties of director of ecology
In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the director of the department of ecology of the state of Washington shall be authorized and empowered:To make surveys and investigations of the wholly or partially unreclaimed and undeveloped lands in this state and to determine the relative agricultural values, productive…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.055
Additional powers and duties enumerated—Payment for from reclamation account
In addition to the powers provided in RCW 89.16.050, the department of ecology is authorized and empowered to:(1) Conduct surveys, studies, investigations, and water right examinations for proposed reclamation projects or the rehabilitation of existing reclamation projects that may be funded fully or partially from the…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.060
Contracts with United States
The department of ecology shall have the power to cooperate and to contract with the United States for the reclamation of lands in this state by the United States, and shall have the power to contract with the United States for the handling of such reclamation work by the United States and for the repayment of such mon…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.070
Contracts with districts
A diking, drainage, diking and drainage, and irrigation district, and improvement districts thereof through the parent district, or such other district as is authorized and organized for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands, may enter into contracts with the director for the reclamation of the l…
Wash. Rev. Code § 89.16.080
State lands may be included—Procedure
Whenever in the judgment of the department of natural resources any state, school, granted, or other public lands of the state will be specially benefited by any proposed reclamation project approved by the department of ecology, it may consent that such lands be included in any reclamation district organized for the p…