§ 36.94.010 Definitions
§ 36.94.020 Purpose — Powers
§ 36.94.030 Adoption of sewerage and/or water general plan as element of comprehensive plan
§ 36.94.040 Incorporation of provisions of comprehensive plan in general plan
§ 36.94.050 Review committee — Composition — Submission of plan or amendment to
§ 36.94.060 Review committee — Chair, secretary — Rules — Quorum — Compensation of members
§ 36.94.070 Review committee — Review of plan or amendments thereto — Report
§ 36.94.080 Hearing by board — Notice — Filing general plan
§ 36.94.090 Adoption, amendment or rejection of plan
§ 36.94.100 Submission of plan or amendments thereto to certain state departments — Approval
§ 36.94.110 Adherence to plan — Procedure for amendment
§ 36.94.120 Establishment of department for administration of system — Personnel merit system
§ 36.94.130 Adoption of rules and regulations
§ 36.94.140 Authority of county to operate system — Rates and charges, fixing of — Factors to be considered — Assistance for low-income persons
§ 36.94.145 Public property subject to rates and charges for stormwater control facilities
§ 36.94.150 Lien for delinquent charges
§ 36.94.160 Tax on gross revenues authorized
§ 36.94.170 Authority of municipal corporations — Relinquishment of
§ 36.94.180 Transfer of system upon annexation or incorporation of area
§ 36.94.190 Contracts with other entities
§ 36.94.200 Indebtedness — Bonds
§ 36.94.210 Pledge for payment of principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds
§ 36.94.220 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Establishment — Special assessments
§ 36.94.225 Exemption of farm and agricultural land from special benefit assessments
§ 36.94.230 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Initiation of district by resolution or petition — Publication — Notice to property owners — Contents
§ 36.94.232 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Notice must contain statement that assessments may vary from estimates
§ 36.94.235 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Sanitary sewer or potable water facilities — Notice to certain property owners
§ 36.94.240 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Hearing — Improvement ordered — Divestment of power to order, time limitation — Assessment roll
§ 36.94.250 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Notice of filing roll — Hearing on protests
§ 36.94.260 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Hearing on protests — Order — Appeal
§ 36.94.270 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Enlarged local district may be formed
§ 36.94.280 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Conclusiveness of roll when approved — Adjustments to assessments if other funds become available
§ 36.94.290 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Appellate review
§ 36.94.300 Local improvement districts and utility local improvement districts — Segregation of special assessment — Fee — Costs
§ 36.94.305 Service fees for sewers not constructed within ten years after voter approval — Credit against future assessments, service charges
§ 36.94.310 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — Authorized
§ 36.94.320 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — Assumption of indebtedness
§ 36.94.330 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — Transfer agreement
§ 36.94.340 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — Petition for court approval of transfer — Hearing — Decree
§ 36.94.350 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — Dissolution of municipal corporation
§ 36.94.360 Transfer of system from municipal corporation to county — RCW 36.94.310 through 36.94.350 deemed alternative method
§ 36.94.370 Waiver or delay of collection of tap-in charges, connection or hookup fees for low income persons
§ 36.94.380 Local improvement bonds — Local improvement guaranty fund — Payments — Assessments — Certificates of delinquency
§ 36.94.390 Local improvement bonds — Local improvement guaranty fund — Subrogation — Interest — Purchase of real property at foreclosure sales
§ 36.94.400 Local improvement bonds — Local improvement guaranty fund — Claims by bondholders — Transfer of cash balance to water and/or sewer maintenance fund
§ 36.94.410 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district
§ 36.94.420 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district — Annexation — Hearing — Public notice — Operation of system
§ 36.94.430 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district — Alternative method
§ 36.94.440 Transfer of system from county to water-sewer district — Decree by superior court
§ 36.94.450 Water conservation programs — Issuance of revenue bonds
§ 36.94.460 Water conservation programs — Counties authorized to provide assistance to water customers
§ 36.94.470 Storm or surface water drains or facilities — Annexation, incorporation of area by city or town — Imposition of rates and charges by county
§ 36.94.480 Assumption of substandard water system — Limited immunity from liability
§ 36.94.490 Cooperative watershed management
§ 36.94.900 Declaration of purpose
§ 36.94.910 Authority — Liberal construction of chapter — Modification of inconsistent acts

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 36.94 - Sewerage, water, and drainage systems

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Board: means one or more boards of county commissioners and/or the legislative authority of a home rule charter county. See Washington Code 36.94.010
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county commissioners: when used in this title or any other provision of law shall include the governmental authority empowered to so act under the provisions of a charter adopted by any county of the state. See Washington Code 36.32.005
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Municipal corporation: means and includes any city, town, metropolitan municipal corporation, any public utility district which operates and maintains a sewer or water system, any sewer, water, diking, or drainage district, any diking, drainage, and sewerage improvement district, and any irrigation district. See Washington Code 36.94.010
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • private utility: means and includes all utilities, both public and private, which provide sewerage and/or water service and which are not municipal corporations within the definition of this chapter. See Washington Code 36.94.010
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • system of sewerage: means and may include any or all of the following:
Washington Code 36.94.010
  • system of water: means and includes:
    • Washington Code 36.94.010
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.