FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 6278

                          C 240 L 98

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Specifying the number of signatures required on a petition to place on the ballot the question of changing the name of a port district.

Sponsors:  Senators Horn, McCaslin and T. Sheldon.

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Government Administration

Background:  The signatures of at least 250 registered voters residing within a port district are required on a petition to place on the ballot the question of changing the name of the district.

Summary:  The signatures of at least 10 percent of the voters in the last general port election are required on a petition to place on the ballot the question of changing the name of the port district, which must be done at the next general port election.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 44 3

House     97 0 (House amended)

Senate    40 1 (Senate concurred)

Effective:  June 11, 1998