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HOUSE BILL 2204
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Campbell, Casada and Dorn
Read first time 01/11/94. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to water districts; and amending RCW 57.04.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 57.04.050 and 1990 c 259 s 28 are each amended to read as follows:
Upon entry of the findings of the final hearing on the petition if one or more county legislative authorities find that the proposed district will be conducive to the public health, welfare, and convenience and be of special benefit to the land therein, they shall call a special election by presenting a resolution to the county auditor at least forty‑five days prior to the proposed election date. A special election will be held on a date decided by the commissioners in accordance with RCW 29.13.010 and 29.13.020. The commissioners shall cause to be published a notice of the election for four successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed district, which notice shall state the hours during which the polls will be open, the boundaries of the district as finally adopted and the object of the election, and the notice shall also be posted for ten days in ten public places in the proposed district. In submitting the proposition to the voters, it shall be expressed on the ballots in the following terms:
Water District......................................... YES G
Water District......................................... NO G
giving the name of the district as provided in the petition.
At the same election a proposition shall be submitted to the voters, for their approval or rejection, authorizing the water district, if formed, to levy at the earliest time permitted by law on all property located in the district a general tax for one year, in excess of the limitations provided by law, in the amount specified in the petition to create the district, not to exceed one dollar and twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value, for general preliminary expenses of the district, the proposition to be expressed on the ballots in the following terms:
One year . . . . . . dollars and . . . . . . cents per thousand dollars of assessed value tax................. YES G
One year . . . . . . dollars and . . . . . . cents per thousand dollars of assessed value tax................. NO G
If the preliminary tax cannot be levied within a twelve-month period, the legislative authority may call another election for general preliminary expenses of the district within a two-year period. Such proposition to be effective must be approved by a majority of at least three-fifths of the registered voters thereof voting on the proposition in the manner set forth in Article VII, section 2(a) of the Constitution of this state, as amended by Amendment 59 and as thereafter amended.
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