CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 6428

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 4, 1996   YEAS 44   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House February 28, 1996   YEAS 93   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6428 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 6428

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senators Newhouse and Haugen

Read first time 01/15/96.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Revising irrigation district mergers.

    AN ACT Relating to the merger of special districts; and amending RCW 85.08.850 and 36.93.800.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 85.08.850 and 1957 c 94 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

    The petition requesting the merger shall be signed by the board of supervisors of, or by ten owners of land located within, the drainage improvement district, joint drainage improvement district, or consolidated drainage improvement district and presented to the clerk or clerks of the appropriate ((board or boards of county commissioners)) county legislative authority or authorities, at a regular or special meeting ((of the board or boards)).

    Sec. 2.  RCW 36.93.800 and 1993 c 235 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

    This chapter does not apply to the merger of irrigation districts authorized under RCW 87.03.530(2) and 87.03.845 through 87.03.855 or to the merger of a drainage improvement district, joint drainage improvement district, or consolidated drainage improvement district into an irrigation district authorized by RCW 87.03.720 through 87.03.745 and 85.08.830 through 85.08.890.

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