BILL REQ. #: H-1125.1
State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/05/13.
AN ACT Relating to the annexation of property owned by the state for military purposes; and amending RCW 38.12.020, 35.13.130, 35.13.125, and 35A.14.120.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 38.12.020 and 2009 c 21 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
The adjutant general shall:
(1) Subject to the orders of the commander-in-chief, command the
Washington national guard and recruit, train, maintain, and administer
the organized militia of the state of Washington.
(2) Supervise the preparation and submission of any records
required by the federal government, the governor, or as otherwise
required by law.
(3) Maintain records of the organized militia and state military
department as required by law. The adjutant general shall deposit
records with the state archivist for historical purposes.
(4) Cause to be published and distributed to the organized militia
at state expense necessary documents or publications, to include the
Washington code of military justice.
(5) Keep just and true accounts of all moneys received and
disbursed by the military department.
(6) Attest all commissions issued to military officers of this
state.
(7) Be the custodian of the seal of the office of adjutant general
and deliver the same to his or her successor. All orders issued from
the office of the adjutant general shall be authenticated with the
seal. Orders or records under the seal shall be prima facie proof of
certification or authenticity.
(8) Promulgate in orders such regulations pertaining to the
operation and function of the state military department and organized
militia, as in his or her opinion the conditions demand.
(9) Attend to the care, preservation, safekeeping, and repairing of
all military property belonging to the state, or issued to the state by
the United States for military purposes. Any property of the state
military department which, after proper inspection, is found unsuitable
or no longer needed for use of the organized militia shall be disposed
of in such manner as the governor shall direct and the proceeds thereof
used for replacements in kind or by other needed authorized military
supplies, and the adjutant general may execute the necessary
instruments of conveyance to effect such sale or disposal.
(10) Issue the military property as the necessity of service
requires and make purchases for that purpose.
(11) Be the custodian of all military relics, trophies, colors, and
histories now in possession of, or which may be acquired by, the state.
(12) Keep a record of all real property owned or used by the state
for military purposes, and in connection therewith he or she shall have
sole power to execute all leases to acquire the use of real property by
the state for military purposes, or lease it to other agencies for use
for authorized activities. The adjutant general shall also have full
power to execute and grant easements for rights-of-way for
construction, operation, and maintenance of utility service, water,
sewage, ((and)) drainage for such realty, and to file a petition under
RCW 35.13.125, 35.13.130, and 35A.14.120 to have real property owned by
the state for military purposes annexed to a city or town if that
property constitutes the whole of the property in the annexation
petition.
Sec. 2 RCW 35.13.130 and 2009 c 60 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
A petition for annexation of an area contiguous to a city or town
may be made in writing addressed to and filed with the legislative body
of the municipality to which annexation is desired. Except where all
the property sought to be annexed is property of a school district, and
the school directors thereof file the petition for annexation as in RCW
28A.335.110 authorized, or all the property sought to be annexed is
owned by the state for military purposes, and the adjutant general
files a petition for annexation as authorized in RCW 38.12.020, the
petition must be signed by the owners of not less than sixty percent in
value according to the assessed valuation for general taxation of the
property for which annexation is petitioned: PROVIDED, That in cities
and towns with populations greater than one hundred sixty thousand
located east of the Cascade mountains, the owner of tax exempt property
may sign an annexation petition and have the tax exempt property
annexed into the city or town, but the value of the tax exempt property
shall not be used in calculating the sufficiency of the required
property owner signatures unless only tax exempt property is proposed
to be annexed into the city or town. The petition shall set forth a
description of the property according to government legal subdivisions
or legal plats which is in compliance with RCW 35.02.170, and shall be
accompanied by a plat which outlines the boundaries of the property
sought to be annexed. If the legislative body has required the
assumption of all or of any portion of city or town indebtedness by the
area annexed, and/or the adoption of a comprehensive plan for the area
to be annexed, these facts, together with a quotation of the minute
entry of such requirement or requirements shall be set forth in the
petition.
Sec. 3 RCW 35.13.125 and 1990 c 33 s 565 are each amended to read
as follows:
Proceedings for the annexation of territory pursuant to RCW
35.13.130, 35.13.140, 35.13.150, 35.13.160 and 35.13.170 shall be
commenced as provided in this section. Prior to the circulation of a
petition for annexation, the initiating party or parties who, except as
provided in RCW 28A.335.110 and 38.12.020, shall be either not less
than ten percent of the residents of the area to be annexed or the
owners of not less than ten percent in value, according to the assessed
valuation for general taxation of the property for which annexation is
petitioned, shall notify the legislative body of the city or town in
writing of their intention to commence annexation proceedings. The
legislative body shall set a date, not later than sixty days after the
filing of the request, for a meeting with the initiating parties to
determine whether the city or town will accept, reject, or
geographically modify the proposed annexation, whether it shall require
the simultaneous adoption of the comprehensive plan if such plan has
been prepared and filed for the area to be annexed as provided for in
RCW 35.13.177 and 35.13.178, and whether it shall require the
assumption of all or of any portion of existing city or town
indebtedness by the area to be annexed. If the legislative body
requires the assumption of all or of any portion of indebtedness and/or
the adoption of a comprehensive plan, it shall record this action in
its minutes and the petition for annexation shall be so drawn as to
clearly indicate this fact. There shall be no appeal from the decision
of the legislative body.
Sec. 4 RCW 35A.14.120 and 1989 c 351 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
Proceedings for initiating annexation of unincorporated territory
to a charter code city or noncharter code city may be commenced by the
filing of a petition of property owners of the territory proposed to be
annexed or, where all of the property sought to be annexed is owned by
the state for military purposes, by the filing of a petition of the
adjutant general as authorized in RCW 38.12.020 in the following
manner. This method of annexation shall be alternative to other
methods provided in this chapter. Prior to the circulation of a
petition for annexation, the initiating party or parties, who, except
as provided in RCW 38.12.020, shall be the owners of not less than ten
percent in value, according to the assessed valuation for general
taxation of the property for which annexation is sought, shall notify
the legislative body of the code city in writing of their intention to
commence annexation proceedings. The legislative body shall set a
date, not later than sixty days after the filing of the request, for a
meeting with the initiating parties to determine whether the code city
will accept, reject, or geographically modify the proposed annexation,
whether it shall require the simultaneous adoption of a proposed zoning
regulation, if such a proposal has been prepared and filed for the area
to be annexed as provided for in RCW 35A.14.330 and 35A.14.340, and
whether it shall require the assumption of all or of any portion of
existing city indebtedness by the area to be annexed. If the
legislative body requires the assumption of all or of any portion of
indebtedness and/or the adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, it
shall record this action in its minutes and the petition for annexation
shall be so drawn as to clearly indicate these facts. Approval by the
legislative body shall be a condition precedent to circulation of the
petition. There shall be no appeal from the decision of the
legislative body. A petition for annexation of an area contiguous to
a code city may be filed with the legislative body of the municipality
to which annexation is desired. It must be signed by the owners, as
defined by RCW 35A.01.040(9) (a) through (d), of not less than sixty
percent in value, according to the assessed valuation for general
taxation of the property for which annexation is petitioned or, where
all of the property sought to be annexed is owned by the state for
military purposes, by the adjutant general as authorized in RCW
38.12.020: PROVIDED, That a petition signed by property owners for
annexation of an area having at least eighty percent of the boundaries
of such area contiguous with a portion of the boundaries of the code
city, not including that portion of the boundary of the area proposed
to be annexed that is coterminous with a portion of the boundary
between two counties in this state, need be signed by only the owners
of not less than fifty percent in value according to the assessed
valuation for general taxation of the property for which the annexation
is petitioned. Such petition shall set forth a description of the
property according to government legal subdivisions or legal plats and
shall be accompanied by a map which outlines the boundaries of the
property sought to be annexed. If the legislative body has required
the assumption of all or any portion of city indebtedness by the area
annexed or the adoption of a proposed zoning regulation, these facts,
together with a quotation of the minute entry of such requirement, or
requirements, shall also be set forth in the petition.