SB 5238-S.E - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Provides that, in any district with more than twenty-five thousand customers, if a five-member board of commissioners determines by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to increase the number of commissioners from five to seven, the number of commissioners shall be so increased without an election, unless within ninety days of adoption of that resolution a petition requesting an election and signed by at least ten percent of the registered voters who voted in the last municipal general election is filed with the board.  If such a petition is received, the board shall submit the resolution and the petition to the county auditor, who shall call a special election in the manner described in this act.

     Declares that, except as provided in RCW 52.14.020, in the event a five-member or seven-member board of commissioners of any district determines by resolution that it would be in the best interest of the district to decrease the number of commissioners from five to three, or from seven to five, or in the event the board is presented with a petition signed by ten percent of the registered voters resident within the district who voted in the last general municipal election calling for such a decrease in the number of commissioners of the district, the board shall submit a resolution to the county legislative authority or authorities of the county or counties in which the district is located requesting that an election be held.  Upon receipt of the resolution, the legislative authority or authorities of the county or counties shall call a special election to be held within the district.

     Repeals RCW 57.08.110.