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SENATE BILL 6470
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators McCaslin and Haugen
Read first time 01/24/94. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to boundary review boards; amending RCW 36.93.030; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.93.030 and 1991 c 363 s 91 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There is hereby created and established in each county with a population of two hundred ten thousand or more west of the crest of the Cascade mountains a board to be known and designated as a "boundary review board".
(2) A boundary review board may be created and established in any other county other than a county with a population of three hundred thousand or more east of the crest of the Cascade mountains in the following manner:
(a) The county legislative authority may, by majority vote, adopt a resolution establishing a boundary review board; or
(b) A petition seeking establishment of a boundary review board signed by qualified electors residing in the county equal in number to at least five percent of the votes cast in the county at the last county general election may be filed with the county auditor.
Upon the filing of such a petition, the county auditor shall examine the same and certify to the sufficiency of the signatures thereon. No person may withdraw his or her name from a petition after it has been filed with the auditor. Within thirty days after the filing of such petition, the county auditor shall transmit the same to the county legislative authority, together with his or her certificate of sufficiency.
After receipt of a valid petition for the establishment of a boundary review board, the county legislative authority shall submit the question of whether a boundary review board should be established to the electorate at the next county primary or county general election which occurs more than forty-five days from the date of receipt of the petition. Notice of the election shall be given as provided in RCW 29.27.080 and shall include a clear statement of the proposal to be submitted.
If a majority of the persons voting on the proposition shall vote in favor of the establishment of the boundary review board, such board shall thereupon be deemed established.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A boundary review board in existence on the effective date of this act in any county with a population of three hundred thousand or more east of the crest of the Cascade mountains shall be abolished.
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