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                          HOUSE BILL 2008

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Mielke, Crouse, Pflug, Anderson, Dunn, Pearson and Boldt

Read first time 02/12/2001.  Referred to Committee on Local Government & Housing.

Authorizing county commissioners to be elected by district.

    AN ACT Relating to county commissioner elections; and amending RCW 36.32.050.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.32.050 and 1963 c 4 s 36.32.050 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except as provided under subsection (2) of this section, county commissioners shall be elected by the ((qualified)) registered voters of the entire county and the person receiving the highest number of votes for the office of commissioner for the district in which he or she resides shall be declared duly elected from that district.

(2) In a noncharter county with a population greater than three hundred thousand, the commissioners shall be elected by commissioner district.

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