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Dear Associates:
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that housing authorities are not exempt from irrigation district assessments. Housing Authority v. Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District, 112 Wash 2d 262, 772 P.2d 473 (1989).
RCW 35.82.210 exempts housing authorities from assessments. However, RCW 87.03.649-.695 sets forth a procedure for excluding property from an irrigation district. Under the procedures, a petition for exclusion must be submitted to the district and a hearing held. The exclusion must be approved by bondholders and may be submitted for vote to the district's property owners.
The supreme court concluded that the exclusion statutes controlled the general exemption statute. Housing authorities are subject to irrigation district assessments unless their land has been excluded from the district.
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