H-3635 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL NO. 1484
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Representatives Peery, Brough, Nutley, May, Haugen, Sutherland, Rayburn, Baugher and P. King
Read first time 1/15/86 and referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to park districts; amending RCW 35.61.010, 35.61.020, and 35.61.030; adding a new section to chapter 35.61 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.68 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.69 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 35.61 RCW to read as follows:
In addition to the provision of general park and recreation lands, facilities, activities, and related equipment, a metropolitan park district may engage in historic preservation activities, including the acquisition, restoration, improvement, and maintenance of buildings, improvements, and sites of historic significance. A metropolitan park district may advertise and promote the use and enjoyment of park and recreation lands and facilities, and the use and enjoyment of historic buildings, improvements, and sites.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 36.68 RCW to read as follows:
In addition to the provision of general park and recreation lands, facilities, activities, and related equipment, a park and recreation service area may engage in historic preservation activities, including the acquisition, restoration, improvement, and maintenance of buildings, improvements, and sites of historic significance. A park and recreation service area may advertise and promote the use and enjoyment of park and recreation lands and facilities, and the use and enjoyment of historic buildings, improvements, and sites.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 36.69 RCW to read as follows:
In addition to the provision of general park and recreation lands, facilities, activities, and related equipment, a park and recreation district may engage in historic preservation activities, including the acquisition, restoration, improvement, and maintenance of buildings, improvements, and sites of historic significance. A park and recreation district may advertise and promote the use and enjoyment of park and recreation lands and facilities, and the use and enjoyment of historic buildings, improvements, and sites.
Sec. 4. Section 35.61.010, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 1, chapter 416, Laws of 1985 and RCW 35.61.010 are each amended to read as follows:
((Cities
of five)) The voters of a city of three thousand or more population
and such contiguous ((property the residents of which may decide in favor
thereof in the manner set forth in this chapter)) area proposed to be
included in a metropolitan park district may create a metropolitan park
district for the management, control, improvement, maintenance, and acquisition
of parks, parkways, and boulevards as provided in this chapter:
PROVIDED, That no municipal corporation of the fourth class shall be included
within such metropolitan park district, and any such fourth class municipal
corporation heretofore included within such district is hereby automatically
withdrawn.
Sec. 5. Section 35.61.020, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 and RCW 35.61.020 are each amended to read as follows:
At any
general election, or at any special election which may be called for that
purpose, ((or at any city election held in the city in all of the various
voting precincts thereof,)) the city council or commission may, or on
petition of fifteen percent of the qualified ((electors)) voters
of the city and any contiguous area proposed to be included in a
metropolitan park district, based upon the registration for the last
preceding general ((city)) election, shall, by ordinance, submit
to the voters of the ((city the)) area proposed to be included in the
metropolitan park district a proposition ((of)) creating a
metropolitan park district((, the limits of which shall be coextensive with
the limits of the city as now or hereafter established, inclusive of territory
annexed to and forming a part of the city)).
Territory by virtue of its annexation to any city having heretofore created a metropolitan park district, and which is not located within the metropolitan park district, shall be deemed to be within the limits of the metropolitan park district.
The city council or commission shall submit the proposition at a special election to be called therefor when the petition so requests.
Sec. 6. Section 35.61.030, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 32, chapter 469, Laws of 1985 and RCW 35.61.030 are each amended to read as follows:
In
submitting the question to the voters for their approval or rejection, the city
council or commission shall pass an ordinance declaring its intention to submit
the proposition of creating a metropolitan park district to the qualified
voters of the city and any contiguous area proposed to be included in the
metropolitan park district. The ordinance shall be published once a week
for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the city((, and the
city council or commission shall cause to be placed upon the ballot for the
election, at the proper place,)). The ballot proposition ((which))
shall be expressed in the following terms:
¨ "For the formation of a metropolitan park district."