H-1786.1          _______________________________________________

 

                                  HOUSE BILL 2075

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Haugen and Ferguson.

 

Read first time February 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Local Government.Making multiple changes to township statutes.


     AN ACT Relating to the township organization of a county; amending RCW 45.04.010 and 29.04.010; and repealing RCW 45.04.020, 45.04.030, 45.08.010, 45.08.020, 45.08.060, 45.08.070, 45.08.080, 45.08.090, 45.12.010, 45.12.020, 45.12.021, 45.12.030, 45.12.040, 45.12.050, 45.12.060, 45.12.070, 45.12.080, 45.12.090, 45.12.100, 45.12.110, 45.12.120, 45.12.130, 45.12.140, 45.12.150, 45.12.160, 45.12.170, 45.12.180, 45.12.190, 45.12.200, 45.12.210, 45.12.220, 45.12.230, 45.12.240, 45.16.010, 45.16.020, 45.16.030, 45.16.035, 45.16.040, 45.16.060, 45.16.070, 45.16.080, 45.16.090, 45.16.100, 45.16.110, 45.16.120, 45.20.010, 45.20.020, 45.24.010, 45.24.040, 45.24.050, 45.24.060, 45.28.010, 45.28.020, 45.28.030, 45.28.040, 45.28.050, 45.28.060, 45.28.070, 45.28.100, 45.32.010, 45.32.020, 45.32.030, 45.32.050, 45.32.060, 45.32.070, 45.32.080, 45.32.090, 45.36.010, 45.36.020, 45.36.030, 45.40.010, 45.40.030, 45.44.010, 45.48.010, 45.48.020, 45.48.030, 45.48.040, 45.52.010, 45.52.020, 45.52.030, 45.52.040, 45.52.050, 45.52.060, 45.52.070, 45.52.080, 45.52.090, 45.54.010, 45.54.020, 45.56.010, 45.56.040, 45.56.050, 45.56.070, 45.56.080, 45.64.010, 45.64.020, 45.64.030, 45.64.040, 45.64.050, 45.64.060, 45.64.070, 45.64.080, 45.72.010, 45.72.020, 45.72.030, 45.72.040, 45.72.050, 45.72.060, 45.72.060, 45.76.020, 45.76.030, 45.76.040, 45.76.050, 45.76.060, 45.76.070, 45.76.080, 45.76.090, 45.76.100, 45.80.010, 45.80.020, 45.80.030, 45.80.040, 45.80.050, 45.80.060, 45.80.070, 45.80.080, 45.80.100, 45.82.010, and 45.82.020.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 45.04.010 and 1895 c 175 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     ((When at least thirty days before a general election one hundred or more qualified electors of any county in this state present a petition in writing, signed by them, to the board of county commissioners of their county, asking that the question of township organization in said county be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election, it shall be the duty of said commissioners to)) The county legislative authority shall submit the question of adopting township organization in ((said)) the county to the ((vote of the electors thereof at the first)) voters of the county at a general election ((held after such petition is presented to said board of commissioners)) whenever either:  (1) A petition proposing the county be organized into townships has been filed with the county legislative authority, and has been signed by county voters equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of voters voting in the county at the last state general election; or (2) the county legislative authority adopts a resolution proposing the county be organized into townships.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 29.04.010 and 1965 c 9 s 29.04.010 are each amended to read as follows:

     Only a registered voter shall be permitted to vote:

     (1) At any election held for the purpose of electing persons to public office;

     (2) At any recall election of a public officer;

     (3) At any election held for the submission of a measure to any voting constituency;

     (4) At any primary election.

     ((The provisions of this section shall not apply to township elections.))

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

     (1) RCW 45.04.020 and 1895 c 175 s 2;

     (2) RCW 45.04.030 and 1895 c 175 s 3;

     (3) RCW 45.08.010 and 1927 c 74 s 1 & 1895 c 175 s 4;

     (4) RCW 45.08.020 and 1895 c 175 s 5;

     (5) RCW 45.08.060 and 1895 c 175 s 6;

     (6) RCW 45.08.070 and 1895 c 175 s 7;

     (7) RCW 45.08.080 and 1895 c 175 s 8;

     (8) RCW 45.08.090 and 1895 c 175 s 9;

     (9) RCW 45.12.010 and 1923 c 13 s 1 & 1895 c 175 s 10;

     (10) RCW 45.12.020 and 1953 c 167 s 1, 1909 c 47 s 1, & 1895 c 175 s 11;

     (11) RCW 45.12.021 and 1965 c 119 s 1;

     (12) RCW 45.12.030 and 1895 c 175 s 12;

     (13) RCW 45.12.040 and 1895 c 175 s 13;

     (14) RCW 45.12.050 and 1895 c 175 s 14;

     (15) RCW 45.12.060 and 1895 c 175 s 15;

     (16) RCW 45.12.070 and 1923 c 13 s 2 & 1895 c 175 s 16;

     (17) RCW 45.12.080 and 1923 c 13 s 3, 1915 c 90 s 1, 1909 c 47 s 2, & 1895 c 175 s 17;

     (18) RCW 45.12.090 and 1959 c 16 s 5;

     (19) RCW  45.12.100 and 1984 c 189 s 4, 1969 ex.s. c 243 s 4, 1959 c 16 s 2, & 1953 c 165 s 1;

     (20) RCW 45.12.110 and 1895 c 175 s 20;

     (21) RCW 45.12.120 and 1895 c 175 s 21;

     (22) RCW 45.12.130 and 1895 c 175 s 22;

     (23) RCW 45.12.140 and 1895 c 175 s 23;

     (24) RCW 45.12.150 and 1895 c 175 s 24;

     (25) RCW 45.12.160 and 1895 c 175 s 25;

     (26) RCW 45.12.170 and 1895 c 175 s 26;

     (27) RCW 45.12.180 and 1895 c 175 s 27;

     (28) RCW 45.12.190 and 1895 s 175 s 28;

     (29) RCW 45.12.200 and 1895 c 175 s 29;

     (30) RCW 45.12.210 and 1895 c 175 s 30;

     (31) RCW 45.12.220 and 1895 c 175 s 31;

     (32) RCW 45.12.230 and 1895 c 175 s 32;

     (33) RCW 45.12.240 and 1895 c 175 s 33;

     (34) RCW 45.16.010 and 1895 c 175 s 34;

     (35) RCW 45.16.020 and 1895 c 175 s 35;

     (36) RCW 45.16.030 and 1895 c 175 s 36;

     (37) RCW 45.16.035 and 1913 c 142 s 4 & 1895 c 175 s 42;

     (38) RCW 45.16.040 and 1913 c 142 s 2 & 1895 c 175 s 37;

     (39) RCW 45.16.060 and 1913 c 142 s 3 & 1895 c 175 s 38;

     (40) RCW 45.16.070 and 1895 c 175 s 39;

     (41) RCW 45.16.080 and 1895 c 175 s 40;

     (42) RCW 45.16.090 and 1895 c 175 s 41;

     (43) RCW 45.16.100 and 1895 c 175 s 43;

     (44) RCW 45.16.110 and 1913 c 142 s 5 & 1895 c 175 s 44;

     (45) RCW 45.16.120 and 1923 c 13 s 5 & 1895 c 175 s 45;

     (46) RCW 45.20.010 and 1913 c 142 s 6 & 1895 c 175 s 46;

     (47) RCW 45.20.020 and 1895 c 175 s 47;

     (48) RCW 45.24.010 and 1977 c 15 s 1, 1919 c 108 s 2, 1911 c 34 s 1, part, 1909 c 47 s 4, & 1895 c 175 s 48;

     (49) RCW 45.24.040 and 1895 c 175 s 51;

     (50) RCW 45.24.050 and 1895 c 175 s 52;

     (51) RCW 45.24.060 and 1895 c 175 s 49;

     (52) RCW 45.28.010 and 1895 c 175 s 53;

     (53) RCW 45.28.020 and 1911 c 34 s 2;

     (54) RCW 45.28.030 and 1911 c 34 s 3;

     (55) RCW 45.28.040 and 1895 c 175 s 54;

     (56) RCW 45.28.050 and 1895 c 175 s 55;

     (57) RCW 45.28.060 and 1895 c 175 s 56;

     (58) RCW 45.28.070 and 1895 c 175 s 57;

     (59) RCW 45.28.100 and 1895 c 175 s 60;

     (60) RCW 45.32.010 and 1895 c 175 s 70;

     (61) RCW 45.32.020 and 1895 c 175 s 71;

     (62) RCW 45.32.030 and 1923 c 13 s 6, 1913 c 142 s 7, & 1895 c 175 s 72;

     (63) RCW 45.32.050 and 1895 c 175 s 73;

     (64) RCW 45.32.060 and 1895 c 175 s 74;

     (65) RCW 45.32.070 and 1895 c 175 s 75;

     (66) RCW 45.32.080 and 1895 c 175 s 76;

     (67) RCW 45.32.090 and 1913 c 142 s 9;

     (68) RCW 45.36.010 and 1895 c 175 s 95;

     (69) RCW 45.36.020 and 1895 c 175 s 96;

     (70) RCW 45.36.030 and 1911 c 34 s 1, part, & 1895 c 175 s 94;

     (71) RCW 45.40.010 and 1895 c 175 s 77;

     (72) RCW 45.40.030 and 1895 c 175 s 78;

     (73) RCW 45.44.010 and 1923 c 13 s 9, 1915 c 90 s 2, 1909 c 47 s 9, & 1895 c 175 s 93;

     (74) RCW 45.48.010 and 1895 c 175 s 111;

     (75) RCW 45.48.020 and 1895 c 175 s 112;

     (76) RCW 45.48.030 and 1895 c 175 s 113;

     (77) RCW 45.48.040 and 1895 c 175 s 114;

     (78) RCW 45.52.010 and 1895 c 175 s 61;

     (79) RCW 45.52.020 and 1895 c 175 s 62;

     (80) RCW 45.52.030 and 1895 c 175 s 63;

     (81) RCW 45.52.040 and 1895 c 175 s 64;

     (82) RCW 45.52.050 and 1895 c 175 s 65;

     (83) RCW 45.52.060 and 1895 c 175 s 66;

     (84) RCW 45.52.070 and 1895 c 175 s 67;

     (85) RCW 45.52.080 and 1895 c 175 s 68;

     (86) RCW 45.52.090 and 1895 c 175 s 69;

     (87) RCW 45.54.010 and 1937 c 81 s 1;

     (88) RCW 45.54.020 and 1937 c 81 s 2;

     (89) RCW 45.56.010 and 1959 c 16 s 3;

     (90) RCW 45.56.040 and 1969 ex.s. c 243 s 5 & 1895 c 175 s 86;

     (91) RCW 45.56.050 and 1913 c 142 s 10;

     (92) RCW 45.56.070 and 1895 c 175 s 90;

     (93) RCW 45.56.080 and 1895 c 175 s 92;

     (94) RCW 45.64.010 and 1895 c 175 s 97;

     (95) RCW 45.64.020 and 1895 c 175 s 98;

     (96) RCW 45.64.030 and 1895 c 175 s 99;

     (97) RCW 45.64.040 and 1895 c 175 s 100;

     (98) RCW 45.64.050 and 1895 c 175 s 101;

     (99) RCW 45.64.060 and 1895 c 175 s 102;

     (100) RCW 45.64.070 and 1895 c 175 s 103;

     (101) RCW 45.64.080 and 1895 c 175 s 104;

     (102) RCW 45.72.010 and 1895 c 175 s 110;

     (103) RCW 45.72.020 and 1909 c 47 s 11;

     (104) RCW 45.72.030 and 1895 c 175 s 116;

     (105) RCW 45.72.040 and 1911 c 13 s 1;

     (106) RCW 45.72.050 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 s 45 & 1911 c 13 s 2;

     (107) RCW 45.72.060 and 1911 c 13 s 3;

     (108) RCW 45.72.070 and 1969 ex.s. c 243 s 6, 1909 c 47 s 10, & 1895 c 175 s 115;

     (109) RCW 45.76.020 and 1951 c 173 s 1;

     (110) RCW 45.76.030 and 1951 c 173 s 2;

     (111) RCW 45.76.040 and 1951 c 173 s 3;

     (112) RCW 45.76.050 and 1951 c 173 s 4;

     (113) RCW 45.76.060 and 1951 c 173 s 5;

     (114) RCW 45.76.070 and 1951 c 173 s 6;

     (115) RCW 45.76.080 and 1951 c 173 s 7;

     (116) RCW 45.76.090 and 1951 c 173 s 8;

     (117) RCW 45.76.100 and 1957 c 65 s 1 & 1951 c 173 s 9;

     (118) RCW 45.80.010 and 1961 c 53 s 1;

     (119) RCW 45.80.020 and 1961 c 53 s 2;

     (120) RCW 45.80.030 and 1961 c 53 s 3;

     (121) RCW 45.80.040 and 1961 c 53 s 4;

     (122) RCW 45.80.050 and 1961 c 53 s 5;

     (123) RCW 45.80.060 and 1961 c 53 s 6;

     (124) RCW 45.80.070 and 1971 c 19 s 3 & 1961 c 53 s 7;

     (125) RCW 45.80.080 and 1971 c 19 s 4 & 1961 c 53 s 8;

     (126) RCW 45.80.100 and 1961 c 53 s 10;

     (127) RCW 45.82.010 and 1969 ex.s. c 243 s 1; and

     (128) RCW 45.82.020 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 s 46 & 1969 ex.s. c 243 s 3.