HB 2259-S2.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/14/05)

Provides that a city may not assume, under chapter 35.13A RCW, the jurisdiction of all or part of a water-sewer district serving a population greater than one thousand residents and containing, within its boundaries, the territory of two or more cities, or one city and unincorporated territory, unless voters of the entire water-sewer district approve a ballot proposition authorizing the assumption under general election law. The cost of the election shall be borne by the city seeking approval to assume jurisdiction of a water-sewer district.