CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 1819
Chapter 101, Laws of 1999
56th Legislature
1999 Regular Session
PROCEDURES FOR CHANGING THE
NAMES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/99
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Passed by the House March 8,
1999
Yeas 96 Nays 1
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 6,
1999
Yeas 46 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy
A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1819 as
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set
forth.
 DEAN
R. FOSTER
Chief
Clerk
TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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BRAD
OWEN
President
of the Senate
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Approved April 23, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
April 23, 1999 - 3:19
p.m.
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GARY
LOCKE
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 1819
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Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/08/1999. Referred to Committee on Education.
Changing provisions for school district name changes.
AN
ACT Relating to procedures for changing the names of school districts; adding a
new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW; and repealing RCW 28A.315.690, 28A.315.700,
28A.315.710, and 28A.315.720.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
The board of directors may change the name of the school district if:
(a)
Either ten percent of the registered voters of the district file a petition
requesting that the name of the school district be changed and submit the
proposed new name with the request to the board or the board passes a motion to
hold a hearing to change the school district name;
(b)
After receiving the petition or adopting the motion, the board holds a hearing
within one month after the petition was submitted to the board. The board
shall publish notice of the hearing and the proposed new name once a week for
three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the school
district. At the hearing, other names may be proposed and considered by the
board without additional notice requirements; and
(c)
A majority of the board votes to adopt the new name.
(2)
If the board adopts the new name, the new name shall be recorded in the school
district office and with the educational service district superintendent, the
superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and the
secretary of state.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. The
following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW
28A.315.690 (Change of district name--Authorized--Petition for) and
1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.600;
(2) RCW
28A.315.700 (Change of district name--Public hearing on--Notice
of--Hearing may include additional petitions) and 1969 ex.s. c 223 s
28A.58.601;
(3) RCW
28A.315.710 (Change of district name--Board selection of name for
voter approval) and 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.602; and
(4) RCW
28A.315.720 (Change of district name--Procedure upon voter
approval--Recording--Notice to interested institutions) and 1975 1st ex.s. c
275 s 114, 1971 c 48 s 32, & 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.603.
Passed the House March 8, 1999.
Passed the Senate April 6, 1999.
Approved by the Governor
April 23, 1999.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 1999.