ADOPTED 3/3/04

6493 AMH BUCK KUEH 035

SB 6493 - H AMD

By Representative Buck

   On page 2, after line 16, insert the following:

   "Sec. 2. RCW 35A.06.050 and 1994 c 223 s 29 are each amended to read as follows:

   The proposal for abandonment of a plan of government as authorized in RCW 35A.06.030 and for adoption of the plan named in the resolution or petition shall be voted upon at the next general ((municipal)) election ((if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or otherwise at a special election called for that purpose)) in accordance with RCW ((29.13.020)) 29A.04.330. The ballot title and statement of the proposition shall be prepared by the city attorney as provided in RCW 29.27.060 and 35A.29.120."

   Renumber the remaining section consecutively and correct the title.

EFFECT: Permits a noncharter code city to submit a proposal to the city's voters to change the city's form of government at the next general election. Eliminates the requirement that the proposal be subject to a special election if not proposed within 180 days of the general election.