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HOUSE BILL 2305
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Haugen, Ferguson, Dorn, Horn, Bray and Rasmussen
Read first time 01/14/92. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to fire protection districts; and amending RCW 52.06.085.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 52.06.085 and 1985 c 7 s 118 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Whenever two or more fire protection districts merge, the board of fire commissioners of the merged fire protection district shall consist of all of the original fire commissioners. At the next three elections for fire commissioners the number of fire commissioners for the merged district shall be reduced as follows, notwithstanding the number of fire commissioners whose terms expire:
In the first election after the merger, only one position shall be filled, whether the new fire protection district be a three member district or a five member district pursuant to RCW 52.14.020.
In each of the two subsequent elections, one position shall be filled if the new fire protection district is a three member district and two positions shall be filled if the new fire protection district is a five member district pursuant to RCW 52.14.020.
Thereafter, the fire commissioners shall be elected in the same manner as prescribed for such fire protection districts of the state.
(2) Upon unanimous resolution and adoption by the board of fire commissioners of both the merger district and the merging district, the merged fire district may submit a resolution to county authorities requesting a special election in the fire protection district for the purpose of establishing either three or five fire commissioner districts. Upon receiving a simple majority of affirmative votes in the election, the appropriate number of fire commissioner districts are created within the fire protection district. The merged fire protection district shall establish fire commissioner district boundaries that comply with RCW 29.70.100. Candidates for each fire commissioner district must be a resident elector in the commissioner district. Candidates for each commissioner district shall be nominated and elected on an at-large basis by the registered voters of the fire protection district.