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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1218

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Ferguson, Haugen, Cooper, Nealey, Schoon and Miller

Read first time 1/18/89 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to insurance for commissioners of water and sewer districts; and amending RCW 56.08.100 and 57.08.100.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 261, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 5, chapter 190, Laws of 1981 and RCW 56.08.100 are each amended to read as follows:

          A sewer district, by a majority vote of its board of commissioners, may enter into contracts to provide health care services and/or group insurance and/or term life insurance and/or social security insurance for the benefit of its employees or the commissioners, or both, and may pay all or any part of the cost thereof.  Any two or more sewer districts or one or more sewer districts and one or more water districts, by a majority vote of their respective boards of commissioners, may, if deemed expedient, join in the procuring of such health care services and/or group insurance and/or term life insurance, and the board of commissioners of each participating sewer and/or water district may by appropriate resolution authorize their respective district to pay all or any portion of the cost thereof.

        Sec. 2.  Section 2, chapter 261, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 6, chapter 190, Laws of 1981 and RCW 57.08.100 are each amended to  read as follows:

          A water district, by a majority vote of its board of commissioners, may enter into contracts to provide health care services and/or group insurance and/or term life insurance and/or social security insurance for the benefit of its employees or the commissioners, or both, and may pay all or any part of the cost thereof.  Any two or more water districts or any one or more water districts and one or more sewer districts, by a majority vote of their respective boards of commissioners, may, if deemed expedient, join in the procuring of such health care services and/or group insurance and/or term life insurance, and the board of commissioners of each participating sewer and/or water district may by appropriate resolution authorize their respective district to pay all or any portion of the cost thereof.