A district may improve navigable and nonnavigable waters of the United States and the state of Washington within the district; create and improve for harbor purposes new waterways within the district; and regulate and control all such waters and all natural or artificial waterways within the district and remove obstructions therefrom, and straighten, widen, deepen, and otherwise improve any water, watercourses, bays, lakes or streams, whether navigable or otherwise, flowing through or located within the district.
RCW 53.08.060
Improvement of waters and waterways.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 54 Wash. 2d 799 - Hogue v. Port of Seattle (1959)
Most recently applied in 54 Wash. 2d 799 - Hogue v. Port of Seattle (June 1959)
1979 ex.s. c 30 s 8; 1955 c 65 s 7
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.