5385 AMH LG MACC 40

SB 5385 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 04/13/99

By Committee on Local Government

     On page 1, after the enacting clause, strike the remainder of the bill and insert the following:

ASec. 1.  RCW 67.38.160 and 1982 1st ex.s. c 22 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     A cultural arts, stadium and convention district established in accordance with this chapter shall be dissolved and its affairs liquidated by either of the following methods:

(1) When so directed by a majority of persons in the district voting on such question.  An election placing such question before the voters may be called in the following manner:

     (((1))) (a) By resolution of the cultural arts, stadium and convention district governing authority;

     (((2))) (b) By resolution of the county legislative body or bodies with the concurrence therein by resolution of the city council of a component city; or

     (((3))) (c) By petition calling for such election signed by at least ten percent of the qualified voters residing within the district filed with the auditor of the county wherein the largest portion of the district is located.  The auditor shall examine the same and certify to the sufficiency of the signatures thereon:  PROVIDED, That to be validated, signatures must have been collected within a ninety-day period as designated by the petition sponsors.

     With dissolution of the district, any outstanding obligations and bonded indebtedness of the district shall be satisfied or allocated by mutual agreement to the county or counties and component cities of the cultural arts, stadium and convention district.

(2) By submission of a petition signed by at least two-thirds of the legislative bodies who have representatives on the district governing body for an order of dissolution to the superior court of a county of the district.  All of the signatures must have been collected within one hundred twenty days of the date of submission to the court.  The procedures for dissolution provided in RCW 53.48.030 through 53.48.120 shall apply, except that the balance of any assets, after payment of all costs and expenses, shall be divided among the county or counties and component cities of the district on a per capita basis.  Any duties to be performed by a county official pursuant to RCW 53.48.030 through 53.48.120 shall be performed by the relevant official of the county in which the petition for dissolution is filed.@

EFFECT: The requirement for signatures on the petition to superior court for dissolution is altered from all legislative bodies on the governing board to at least two-thirds of the legislative bodies.