Wash. Rev. Code § 85.24.250
Whenever it appears to the council of any incorporated city or town not included or not wholly included within the limits of any diking or drainage district established hereunder, which incorporated city or town may be within a county in which a portion of such district is located that the construction and maintenance of such diking and drainage system will be beneficial to the health and general welfare of the inhabitants of the incorporated city or town, then the city or town council may appropriate money out of the general funds of the city or town to such diking and drainage system, or the council may for such purpose impose assessments upon all the property in the city or town that benefits from facilities and activities of the diking or drainage district, and give the assessments to the diking or drainage district.
RCW 85.24.250
Severability-Effective dates and termination dates-Construction-1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
Limitation of levies: RCW 84.52.050.