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J'ativary 7, 2022
Grant County Commissioners
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Woes. District SIA Full d/De pt#665051.01
Dated this day of.
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Board of County Commissioners
Grant County, Washington
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Per RCW 36-96.010 this special district has beeli ftiacti*-ve, it has bot camed out any of the
spocial purposes orfillictions for which it was fomied within'the preceding consecut
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five-year period. No elections have been held for the purpose of electing amember of the'
governing body within the preceding consecutive seven-year penodor has there been. any
appointed governing body wit1iin the same tnne-peiiod. This special purpose .istrict has
not been audited since at least 2015,
Per RCW 36.96.020 we are notifying the comity leg.tWative authofity that this special
district is inactive!,
Mi"chele Jadeflund
Grant County Auditor
Definitionsx
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Special purpose district" means every municipal and quasi -municipal corporation other than
counties, cities, and towns, Such special purpose districts shall include, but are not limited to, water -
sewer districts, fire protection districts, port districts, public utility districts, county park and recreation
service areas, flood control zone districts, diking districts, drainage improvement districts, and solid
waste collection districts, but shall not include industrial development districts created by port districts,
and shall not 'Include local improvement districts, utility local improvement districts, and road
improvement districts;
(2) "Governing authority" means the commission, council, or other body which directs the affairs
of a special purpose district;
(3) "Inactive" means that a special purpose district is characterized by any of the following
criteria:
(a) Has not carried out any of the special purposes or functions for which it was formed within the
preceding consecutive five-year period;
(b) No election has been held for the purpose of electing a member of the governing body within
the preceding consecutive seven-year period or, in those instances where members of the governing
body are appointed and not elected, where no member of the governing body has been appointed within
the preceding seven-year period; or
(c) The special purpose district has been determined to be unauditable by the state auditor;
(4) "Unauditable" means a special purpose district that the state auditor has determined to be
incapable r-nFrakln of kininij !n"'aAICMA Knn"On fhn special purpose district kne 1mnr^nnr1%i main+ninarl folintA +n
maintain, or failed to submit adequate accounts, records, Ales, or
[ 2020 c 179 § 2; 1999 c 153 § 50; 1979 exs. C 5 § 1.1
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Notice of 'Inactive special purpose districts Nay county auditor.
On or before June 1st of 1980, and on or before June 1st of every year thereafter, each county
auditor shall search available records and notify the county legislative authority if any special purpose
districts located wholly or partially within the county appear to be inactive. If the territory of any special
purpose district is located within more than one county, the legislative authorities of all other counties
within whose boundaries such a special purpose district lies shall also be notified by the county auditor.
However, the authority to dissolve such a special purpose district as provided by this chapter shall rest
solely with the legislative authority of the county which contains the greatest geographic portion of such
special purpose district.
[ 2009 c 337 § 12; 1979 ex.$, c 5 § 2.]
Determination of inactive special purpose districts Public hearing—Notice.
(1) Upon receipt of notice from the county auditor as provided in RCW 36.96,.020, the county
legislative authority within whose boundaries all or the greatest portion of such special purpose district
lies shall hold one or more public hearings on or before September I st of the same year to determine
whether or not such special purpose district or districts meet any of the criteria for being "inactive" as
provided in RCW X96,01 0. In addition, at any time a county legislative authority may hold hearings on
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the dissolution of any special purpose district that appears to meet the criteria of being "inactive" and
dissolve such a district pursuant to the proceedings provided for in RC W 36,96,030 through 36.96,080.
(2) Notice of such public hearings shall be given by publication at least once each week for not
less than three successive weeks in a newspaper that is in general circulation within the boundaries of
the special purpose district or districts. Notice of such hearings shall also be mailed to each member of
the governing authority of such special purpose districts, if such members are known, and to all persons
known to have claims against any of the special purpose districts. Notice of such public hearings shall be
posted in at least three conspicuous places within the boundaries of each special purpose district that is
a subject of such hearings. Whenever a county legislative authority that is conducting such a public
hearing on the dissolution of one or more of a particular kind of special purpose district is aware of the
existence of an association of such special purpose districts, it shall also mail notice of the hearing to the
association. In addition, whenever a special purpose district that lies in more than one county is a subject
of such a public hearing, notice shall also be mailed to the legislative authorities of all other counties
within whose boundaries the special purpose district lies. All notices shall state the purpose, time, and
place of such hearings, and that all interested persons may appear and be heard.
[ 2020 c 179 § 3; 1979 exs. c 6 § 3.1