CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1049
Chapter 237, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—EXPANSION—TIMELINE FOR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House April 13, 2023
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023
  Yeas 49  Nays 0
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1049 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN
Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved May 4, 2023 10:05 AM
FILED
May 4, 2023
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
HOUSE BILL 1049
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Doglio, Bateman, Riccelli, and Ormsby; by request of Secretary of State
Prefiled 12/19/22.Read first time 01/09/23.Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to updating timelines for adopting county commissioner district boundaries following expansion from three to five commissioners; and amending RCW 36.32.0552.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.32.0552 and 1990 c 252 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
If the ballot proposition receives majority voter approval, the size of the board of county commissioners shall be increased to five members as provided in this section.
The two newly created positions shall be filled at elections to be held in the next year. The county shall, as provided in this section, be divided into five commissioner districts, so that each district shall comprise as nearly as possible one-fifth of the population of the county. No two members of the existing board of county commissioners may, at the time of the designation of such districts, permanently reside in one of the five districts. The division of the county into five districts shall be accomplished as follows:
(1) The board of county commissioners shall, by the ((second Monday of March))90th day prior to the first day of the filing period described in RCW 29A.24.050 of the year following the election, adopt a resolution creating the districts;
(2) If by the ((second Tuesday of March))89th day prior to the first day of the filing period described in RCW 29A.24.050 of the year following the election the board of county commissioners has failed to create the districts, the prosecuting attorney of the county shall petition the superior court of the county to appoint a referee to designate the five commissioner districts. The referee shall designate such districts by no later than ((June 1st))the 60th day prior to the first day of the filing period described in RCW 29A.24.050 of the year following the election. The two commissioner districts within which no existing member of the board of county commissioners permanently resides shall be designated as districts four and five.
Passed by the House April 13, 2023.
Passed by the Senate March 22, 2023.
Approved by the Governor May 4, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 4, 2023.
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