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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1608

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Sayan, Sommers, Fisch, Rayburn, Allen, Haugen, May and Basich

Read first time 1/20/86 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to port district office qualifications; and amending RCW 53.12.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 17, Laws of 1959 as last amended by section 2, chapter 51, Laws of 1965 and RCW 53.12.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          In port districts located in a class AA county no person shall be eligible to hold the office of port commissioner unless he is a qualified voter of the district.  In all other port districts except those located in a class AA county the person must be a qualified voter of the commissioner district from which he is elected. If, pursuant to RCW 29.21.350, a void in candidacy has been declared for a port district, any registered voter of the port district is eligible to file a declaration of candidacy for the office of port commissioner when filing for the office is reopened pursuant to RCW 29.21.360 or 29.21.370.