FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 1143

                          C 75 L 93

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Providing a procedure for consolidating cities or towns.

By Representatives Van Luven, G. Fisher, Reams, Bray, Edmondson, Brough and Springer.

House Committee on Local Government

Senate Committee on Government Operations

Background:  Cities and towns may permit a community municipal corporation to be created in an area that annexes to the city or town if, either the petition/election or resolution election method of annexation is used to authorize the annexation, and the voters residing in the area that is proposed to be annexed approve a ballot proposition authorizing the community municipal corporation.  A community municipal corporation exists for five years, but may be continued for successive five-year periods, if authorized by the voters of the community municipal corporation.

A community municipal corporation has an elected five-member community council that, within 60 days of adoption, may disapprove the following actions taken by the city or town council relating to the community municipal corporation:  (1)  a comprehensive plan; (2) a zoning ordinance; (3) a conditional use permit, special exception or variance; (4) a subdivision ordinance; (5) a subdivision plan; and (6) a planned unit development.

Community municipal corporations have been created in Bellevue, Kirkland, and Des Moines, each of which are code cities.

Summary:  It is clarified that community municipal corporations may be formed when territory is annexed to a code city or whenever two or more cities or towns consolidate.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  91 0

Senate 45 0

Effective:  July 25, 1993