SSB 5674 -
By Committee on Local Government
ADOPTED 03/30/2007
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 57.12 RCW
to read as follows:
If the district has fewer than one hundred residents, and if the
filing period is reopened for a district commissioner under RCW
29A.24.171 or 29A.24.181 due to a void in candidacy, any person who is
a qualified elector of the state of Washington and who holds title or
evidence of title to land in the district may file as a candidate for
and serve as a district commissioner.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 29A.24 RCW
to read as follows:
A void in candidacy in a water-sewer district with fewer than one
hundred residents may be filled in accordance with section 1 of this
act."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Specifies that a void in candidacy in a water-sewer district with fewer than one hundred residents may be filled in accordance with new candidate filing provisions contained within section 1 of the underlying bill.