CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1159
Chapter 34, Laws of 2021
67TH LEGISLATURE
2021 REGULAR SESSION
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS—NUMBER
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2021
Passed by the House February 3, 2021 Yeas 96 Nays 0 LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 3, 2021 Yeas 46 Nays 0 DENNY HECK
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1159 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved April 14, 2021 3:17 PM | FILED April 15, 2021 |
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 1159
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington | 67th Legislature | 2021 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Berg, Bronoske, Griffey, and Pollet
Read first time 01/12/21.Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to the number of fire protection district commissioners; and amending RCW
52.14.015.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
52.14.015 and 2012 c 174 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
In the event a ((three member)) board of commissioners of any fire protection district determines by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to increase the number of commissioners ((from three)) to five or seven, or in the event the board is presented with a petition signed by ((ten))10 percent of the registered voters resident within the district who voted in the last general municipal election calling for such an increase in the number of commissioners of the district, the board shall submit a resolution to the county legislative authority or authorities of the county or counties in which the district is located requesting that an election be held. Upon receipt of the resolution, the legislative authority or authorities of the county or counties shall call a special election to be held within the fire protection district at which election the following proposition shall be submitted to the voters substantially as follows:
Shall the board of commissioners of . . . . . county fire protection district no. . . . . . be increased from (three or five) members to (five ((())or seven) members?
Yes . . . . .
No . . . . .
If the fire protection district is located in more than a single county, this proposition shall indicate the name of the district.
If the proposition receives a majority approval at the election, the board of commissioners of the fire protection district shall be increased to five or seven members. The ((
two or four)) additional members shall be appointed in the same manner as provided in RCW
52.14.020.
Passed by the House February 3, 2021.
Passed by the Senate April 3, 2021.
Approved by the Governor April 14, 2021.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 15, 2021.
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