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                          HOUSE BILL 1676

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives O'Brien, Skinner, K. Schmidt, Fisher, Ogden and Gardner; by request of County Road Administration Board

Read first time 02/05/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Removing residency requirements for county road engineers.

    AN ACT Relating to the residency of the county road engineer; and amending RCW 36.80.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.80.010 and 1991 c 363 s 85 are each amended to read as follows:

    The county legislative authority of each county with a population of eight thousand or more shall employ a full-time county road engineer ((residing in the county)).  The county legislative authority of each other county shall employ a county engineer on either a full-time or part-time basis ((who need not be a resident of the county)), or may contract with another county for the engineering services of a county road engineer from such other county.

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