5052-S.SL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5052

Chapter 199, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 Regular Session

CITY AND TOWN COUNCILS‑-MEETINGS AND MEMBERS‑-REVISIONS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93

Passed by the Senate April 17, 1993

YEAS 39 NAYS 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 8, 1993

YEAS 90 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5052 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 6, 1993

FILED

May 6, 1993 - 1:17 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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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 Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators A. Smith, Haugen and Quigley)

Read first time 01/26/93.

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.