1275-S AMS .... S2657.1
SHB 1275 - S AMD TO GO COMM AMD (1275-S AMS GO - cc)
By Senators Barr and Hansen
ADOPTED 4/19/91
On page 32, after line 9 of the amendment, insert the following:
"Sec. 27. RCW 70.44.040 and 1990 c 259 s 39 are each amended to read as follows:
The
provisions of Title 29 RCW relating to elections shall govern public hospital
districts, except that: (1) The total vote cast upon the proposition to form a
hospital district shall exceed forty percent of the total number of votes cast
in the precincts comprising the proposed district at the preceding general and
county election; and (2) in public hospital districts encompassing portions
of more than one county, the total vote cast upon the proposition to form the
district shall exceed forty percent of the total number of votes cast in each
portion of each county lying within the proposed district at the next preceding
general and county election. If the public hospital district is coextensive
with the limits of a county and if the county is not operating under a home
rule charter, then, at the first election of commissioners and until any change
is made in the boundaries of the public hospital district commissioner
districts in accordance with RCW 29.70.100, one public hospital district
commissioner shall be chosen from each of the three county commissioner
districts of the county in which the public hospital district is located. If
the public hospital district comprises only a portion of a county or
encompasses portions of more than one county, or if the public hospital
district is located in a county operating under a home rule charter, then the
petition for the formation of the public hospital district shall describe three
public hospital district commissioner districts, numbered consecutively, having
approximately equal population and boundaries, following ward and precinct
lines, as far as practicable, and, at the first election of commissioners and
until any change is made in the boundaries of the public hospital district
commissioner districts in accordance with RCW 29.70.100, one commissioner shall
be elected from each of the public hospital district commissioner districts
described in the petition. If the boundaries described in the petition for the
formation of a public hospital district are changed prior to the election on
the proposition for the formation of the public hospital district, then the
auditor of the county in which the public hospital district is located or, if
the public hospital district encompasses portions of more than one county, the
auditor of the county in which the largest portion of the public hospital district
is located shall redetermine the boundaries of the commissioner districts in
accordance with the above provisions. Any candidate for a particular public
hospital district commissioner district position must be a registered voter of
that commissioner district. Public hospital district commissioners shall
hold office for the term of six years and until their successors are elected
and qualified, each term to commence on the first day in January following the
election. At the election at which the proposition is submitted to the voters
as to whether a district shall be formed, three commissioners shall be elected
to hold office, respectively, for the terms of two, four, and six years. All
candidates shall be voted upon by the entire district, and the candidate
residing in commissioner district No. 1 receiving the highest number of votes
in the hospital district shall hold office for the term of six years; the
candidate residing in commissioner district No. 2 receiving the highest number
of votes in the hospital district shall hold office for the term of four years;
and the candidate residing in commissioner district No. 3 receiving the highest
number of votes in the hospital district shall hold office for the term of two
years. The first commissioners to be elected shall take office immediately
when qualified in accordance with RCW 29.01.135. Each term of the initial
commissioners shall date from the time above specified following the
organizational election, but shall also include the period intervening between
the organizational election and the first day of January following the next
district general election: PROVIDED, That in public hospital districts ((encompassing
portions of more than one county, the total vote cast upon the proposition to
form the district shall exceed forty percent of the total number of votes cast
in each portion of each county lying within the proposed district at the next
preceding general county election. The portion of the proposed district
located within each county shall constitute a separate commissioner district.
There shall be three district commissioners whose terms shall be six years.
Each district shall be designated by the name of the county in which it is
located. All candidates for commissioners shall be voted upon by the entire
district. Not more than one commissioner shall reside in any one district:
PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the event there are only two districts then two
commissioners may reside in one district. The term of each commissioner shall
commence on the first day in January in each year following his election. At
the election at which the proposition is submitted to the voters as to whether
a district shall be formed, three commissioners shall be elected to hold
office, respectively, for the terms of two, four, and six years. The candidate
receiving the highest number of votes within the district, as constituted by
the election, shall serve a term of six years; the candidate receiving the next
highest number of votes shall hold office for a term of four years; and the
candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall hold office for a
term of two years: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the holding of each such term of
office shall be subject to the residential requirements for district commissioners
hereinbefore set forth in this section)) created with five or seven
commissioners pursuant to RCW 70.44.051 the commissioners shall be elected and
the initial terms of office shall be determined as provided in RCW 70.44.055
and 70.44.057."
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 28. This act shall not be construed as affecting any public hospital district created prior to the effective date of this act."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
SHB 1275 - S AMD TO GO COMM AMD (1275-S AMS GO - cc)
By Senators Barr and Hansen
ADOPTED 4/19/91
On page 32, line 22 of the title amendment, after "54.08.070," strike "and" and after "54.08.080" insert ", and 70.44.040"
On page 32, line 23 of the title amendment, after "35.21 RCW;" insert "creating a new section;"