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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5092

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Lee and Talmadge

Read first time 1/13/89 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to the sale of unnecessary water district property; and amending RCW 57.08.015.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 50, Laws of 1953 as amended by section 2, chapter 299, Laws of 1977 ex. sess. and RCW 57.08.015 are each amended to read as follows:

          The board of commissioners of a water district may sell, at public or private sale, property belonging to the district if the board determines by ((unanimous)) a majority vote of the ((elected)) members of the board that the property is not and will not be needed for district purposes and if the board gives notice of intention to sell as in this section provided:  PROVIDED, That no such notice of intention shall be required to sell personal property of less than two hundred-fifty dollars in value.

          The notice of intention to sell shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the district.  The last publication shall be at least twenty days but not more than thirty days before the date of sale.  The notice shall describe the property and state the time and place at which it will be sold or offered for sale, the terms of sale, whether the property is to be sold at public or private sale, and if at public sale the notice shall call for bids, fix the conditions thereof and shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids.