1853-S AMH APPL H2796

1853-S AMH APPL H2796.2

SHB 1853 - H AMD 204

By Representative Appelwick

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that consistent with the goal of growth management that public services and facilities necessary to support development be available without a decrease in service levels, citizens should have the opportunity to decide whether all land in a planned community which includes industrial, commercial, and residential sites will be in the same school district.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 28A.315.250, the school board of a school district containing or adjoining a city or town with a population of less than three thousand located in two school districts may give notice to the county auditor that a special election shall be held at which voters in the two school districts may authorize the removal of either portion of the city or town and its planned community from one school district and the transfer of that portion of the city or town and its planned community to the other school district, under the following conditions: (1) One of the two school districts either borders a United States military reservation or includes territory located in a United States military reservation; and (2) a public school building is not located in the territory that is so removed and transferred.

The special election shall be held at a special election date specified under RCW 29.13.020 at which a ballot proposition authorizing the removal and transfer of the portion of the city or town and its planned community from one school district to the other school district is submitted to the voters of both school districts. If the ballot proposition is approved by a simple majority vote of voters of the school districts voting on the ballot proposition, the educational service district superintendent within which the school districts are located shall make an order so altering the boundaries of the school districts. The cost of the election must be paid by the school district requesting the special election.

This section expires January 1, 1999.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately."