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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5052
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/26/93.
Removing the requirement that city
and town council meetings be held within the corporate limits.
AN ACT Relating to
cities and towns; and amending RCW 35.27.270, 35.24.180, and 35A.12.110.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 35.27.270 and 1965 c
7 s 35.27.270 are each amended to read as follows:
The town council shall
meet ((on the second Tuesday)) in January succeeding the date of the
general municipal election, shall take the oath of office, and shall hold regular
meetings at least once each month at such times as may be fixed by ordinance.
Special meetings may be called at any time by the mayor or by three ((councilmen))
councilmembers, by written notice ((delivered to each member at least
three hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting)) as
provided in RCW 42.30.080. No resolution or order for the payment of money
shall be passed at any other than a regular meeting. No such resolution or
order shall be valid unless passed by the votes of at least three ((councilmen))
councilmembers.
All meetings of the
council shall be held ((within the corporate limits of the town,)) at
such places as may be designated by ((ordinance and shall)) the town
council. All final actions on resolutions and ordinances must take place
within the corporate limits of the town. All meetings of the town council must
be public.
Sec. 2. RCW 35.24.180 and 1965 c
7 s 35.24.180 are each amended to read as follows:
The city council and
mayor shall meet ((on the first Tuesday)) in January next succeeding the
date of each general municipal election, and shall take the oath of office, and
shall hold regular meetings at least once during each month but not to exceed
one regular meeting in each week, at such times as may be fixed by ordinance.
Special meetings may be
called by the mayor by written notice ((delivered to each member of the
council at least three hours before the time specified for the proposed meeting))
as provided in RCW 42.30.080. No ordinances shall be passed or contract
let or entered into, or bill for the payment of money allowed at any special
meeting.
All meetings of the
city council shall be held ((within the corporate limits of the city))
at such place as may be designated by ((ordinance)) the city
council. All final actions on resolutions and ordinances must take place
within the corporate limits of the city. All meetings of the city council
must be public.
Sec. 3. RCW 35A.12.110 and 1979
ex.s. c 18 s 23 are each amended to read as follows:
The city
council and mayor shall meet regularly, at least once a month, at a place ((within
the corporate limits of the city)) and at such times as may be ((fixed
by ordinance or resolution)) designated by the city council. All final
actions on resolutions and ordinances must take place within the corporate
limits of the city. Special meetings may be called by the mayor or any
three members of the council by written notice delivered to each member of the
council at least twenty-four hours before the time specified for the proposed
meeting. All actions that have heretofore been taken at special council
meetings held pursuant to this section, but for which the number of hours of
notice given has been at variance with requirements of RCW 42.30.080, are
hereby validated. All council meetings shall be open to the public except as
permitted by chapter 42.30 RCW. No ordinance or resolution shall be passed, or
contract let or entered into, or bill for the payment of money allowed at any
meeting not open to the public, nor at any public meeting the date of which is
not fixed by ordinance, resolution, or rule, unless public notice of such
meeting has been given by such notice to each local newspaper of general
circulation and to each local radio or television station, as provided in RCW
42.30.080 as now or hereafter amended. Meetings of the council shall be
presided over by the mayor, if present, or otherwise by the mayor pro tempore,
or deputy mayor if one has been appointed, or by a member of the council
selected by a majority of the council members at such meeting. Appointment of
a council member to preside over the meeting shall not in any way abridge his
right to vote on matters coming before the council at such meeting. In the
absence of the clerk, a deputy clerk or other qualified person appointed by the
clerk, the mayor, or the council, may perform the duties of clerk at such
meeting. A journal of all proceedings shall be kept, which shall be a public
record.
