SENATE BILL REPORT

                                    SB 5141

                      AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 11, 1991

Brief Description:  Accelerating changes to five‑member boards of county commissioners.

SPONSORS:Senator McCaslin.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Majority Report:  Do pass.

     Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chairman; Roach, Vice Chairman; Madsen, Matson, and Sutherland. 

Staff:  Eugene Green (786‑7405)

Hearing Dates:January 29, 1991

BACKGROUND:

In 1990, legislation was passed which allows a noncharter county, by vote of the people, to increase the board of commissioners from three to five members.  The act has a delayed effective date of January 1, 1993.  Some counties would like to propose increasing the size of their boards of commissioners sooner than that date.

SUMMARY:

The delayed effective date of January 1, 1993 is eliminated.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

Effective Date:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect immediately. 

TESTIMONY FOR:

There appears to be no reason for delaying the effective date of the bill.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  No one