CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5654

Chapter 253, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS--NEWLY INCORPORATED CITIES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate March 13, 2003
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 2003
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5654 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved May 12, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 12, 2003 - 4:32 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5654
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Roach

Read first time 02/05/2003.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to fire protection in newly incorporated cities and towns; and amending RCW 52.04.161.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 52.04.161 and 1993 c 262 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     If the area of a newly incorporated city or town is located in one or more fire protection districts, the city or town is deemed to have been annexed by the fire protection district or districts effective immediately on the city's or town's official date of incorporation, unless the city or town council adopts a resolution during the interim transition period precluding the annexation of the newly incorporated city or town by the fire protection district or districts. The newly incorporated city or town shall remain annexed to the fire protection district or districts for the remainder of the year of the city's or town's official date of incorporation, or through the following year if such extension is approved by resolution adopted by the city or town council and by the board or boards of fire commissioners, and shall be withdrawn from the fire protection district or districts at the end of this period, unless a ballot proposition is adopted by the voters ((pursuant to RCW 52.04.071)) providing for annexation of the city or town to ((a)) one fire protection district or providing for the fire protection district or districts to annex only that area of the city or town located within the district. Such election shall be held pursuant to RCW 52.04.071 where possible, provided that in annexations to more than one fire protection district, the qualified elector shall reside within the boundaries of the appropriate fire protection district or in that area of the city located within the district.
     If the city or town is withdrawn from the fire protection district or districts, the maximum rate of the first property tax levy that is imposed by the city or town after the withdrawal is calculated as if the city or town never had been annexed by the fire protection district or districts.


         Passed by the Senate March 13, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 16, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 12, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 12, 2003.