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Wash. Rev. Code § 90.80.060 (2026)

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(1) A water conservancy board may acquire, purchase, hold, lease, manage, occupy, and sell real and personal property or any interest therein, enter into and perform all necessary contracts, appoint and employ necessary agents and employees and fix their compensation, employ contractors including contracts for professional services, sue and be sued, and do any and all lawful acts required and expedient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(2) A board constitutes an independently funded entity, and may provide for its own funding as determined by the commissioners. The board may accept grants and may adopt fees for processing applications for transfers of water rights to fund the activities of the board. A board may not impose taxes or acquire property by the exercise of eminent domain.
[ 1997 c 441 s 7.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: Benton Cnty. Water Conservancy Bd. v. Dep't of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2023).
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Benton Cnty. Water Conservancy Bd. v. Dep't of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “CP at 2 (quoting RCW 90.80.060)). The Board claimed it was entitled to judicial review of Ecology’s actions under the APA because Ecology’s denial of voluntary division requests was “‘outside the statutory authority of the agency or the authority conferred by provision of law’”…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 90.80.060(1) — 1 case
Benton Cnty. Water Conservancy Bd. v. Dep't of Ecology (Wash. Ct. App. 2023). “CP at 2 (quoting RCW 90.80.060)). The Board claimed it was entitled to judicial review of Ecology’s actions under the APA because Ecology’s denial of voluntary division requests was “‘outside the statutory authority of the agency or the authority conferred by provision of law’”…”
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