6171 AMH VANL LUND 87
SB 6171 ‑ H AMD 439 WITHDRAWN 3-1-96
By Representatives Van Luven, Hickel and Patterson
On page 3, after line 9, insert:
"Sec. 5. RCW 53.12.010 and 1994 c 223 s 81 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The powers of the port district shall be exercised through a port commission consisting of three or, when permitted by this title, five members.
Every
port district that is not coextensive with a county having a population of five
hundred thousand or more and every port district with a population of one
million or more shall be divided into the same number of commissioner
districts as there are commissioner positions, each having approximately equal
population, unless provided otherwise under subsection (2) of this section.
Where a port district with three commissioner positions and three
commissioner districts is coextensive with the boundaries of a county ((that
has a population of less than five hundred thousand)) and the county has
three county legislative authority districts, the port commissioner districts
shall be the county legislative authority districts. In other instances where
a port district is divided into commissioner districts, the port commission
shall divide the port district into commissioner districts unless the
commissioner districts have been described pursuant to RCW 53.04.031. The
commissioner districts shall be altered as provided in chapter 53.16 RCW.
Commissioner districts shall be used as follows: (a) Only a registered voter who resides in a commissioner district may be a candidate for, or hold office as, a commissioner of the commissioner district; and (b) only the voters of a commissioner district may vote at a primary to nominate candidates for a commissioner of the commissioner district. Voters of the entire port district may vote at a general election to elect a person as a commissioner of the commissioner district.
(2) In port districts with five commissioners, two of the commissioner districts may include the entire port district if approved by the voters of the district either at the time of formation or at a subsequent port district election at which the issue is proposed pursuant to a resolution adopted by the board of commissioners and delivered to the county auditor."
Correct the title.