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                                  HOUSE BILL 2245

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature         1991 1st Special Session

By Representatives Mitchell, Haugen, Ferguson, Winsley, Rasmussen and Paris.

Read first time June 29, 1991. Removing obsolete provisions of commissioner districts.

     AN ACT Relating to removal of obsolete provisions in Title 53 RCW regarding residency requirements for incumbent port commissioners seeking election after district boundary change; and amending RCW 53.16.030.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 53.16.030 and 1933 c 145 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     Any change of boundary lines provided for in this chapter shall not affect the term for which a commissioner shall hold office at the time the change is made((, and the requirement of two years' residence within the commissioner district for eligibility for office of port commissioner shall not apply to incumbent commissioners seeking election at any port district election held within three years of the change of such district boundaries:  PROVIDED, That at the time of nomination the incumbent commissioner resides in the commissioners district for which he seeks election)).