FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 6631

                           C 22 L 98

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Specifying declaration of candidacy requirements for school director candidates in joint districts.

Sponsors:  Senators McCaslin, Haugen and Deccio.

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Government Administration

Background:  A declaration for candidacy for the office of school director, where voters from a district comprising more than one county vote upon the candidate, is filed with the county auditor of the county in which a majority of the registered voters of the district reside.

Summary:  For school directors in joint school districts, the declaration of candidacy is filed with the county auditor of the county to which the joint school district is considered as belonging as designated by the State Board of Education.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 46 0

House     94 0

Effective:  June 11, 1998