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Chapter 53.04 RCW

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RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 53.04.010Port districts authorized—Purposes—Powers—Public hearing.
HTMLPDF 53.04.015Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authorized—Purposes.
HTMLPDF 53.04.016Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Authority an additional and concurrent method.
HTMLPDF 53.04.017Port districts in areas lacking appropriate bodies of water—Elections.
HTMLPDF 53.04.020Formation of countywide district.
HTMLPDF 53.04.023Formation of less than countywide district.
HTMLPDF 53.04.031Initiating petition, commissioner district descriptions—Initial election of commissioners.
HTMLPDF 53.04.060District declared formed.
HTMLPDF 53.04.070Expense of election.
HTMLPDF 53.04.080Annexation of territory—Petition—Election.
HTMLPDF 53.04.085Petition for annexation to port district.
HTMLPDF 53.04.100Order of annexation—Liability of area annexed.
HTMLPDF 53.04.110Change of name.
HTMLPDF 53.04.120Transfer of port district property to adjacent district—Procedure—Boundary changes—Jurisdiction.
HTMLPDF 53.04.150Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Districts authorized to use—Petition requirements.
HTMLPDF 53.04.160Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Where filed—Commission's duties.
HTMLPDF 53.04.170Alternative annexation methods—Petition for resolution—Hearing—Resolution.
HTMLPDF 53.04.180Alternative annexation methods—Annexation by written consent—Districts authorized to use—Resolution.
HTMLPDF 53.04.190Alternative annexation methods—Outstanding indebtedness.