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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1628

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Nutley, Ferguson, Beck, Butterfield, Haugen, Peery and Cooper

Read first time 1/20/88 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to treasurers of water districts and sewer districts; amending RCW 56.16.135 and 57.20.135; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 57, Laws of 1983 and RCW 56.16.135 are each amended to read as follows:

          Upon obtaining the approval of the county treasurer, the board of commissioners of a sewer district with more than twenty-five hundred customers may designate by resolution some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as the treasurer of the district.  Such a treasurer shall possess all of the powers, responsibilities, and duties ((that)) of, and shall be subject to the same restrictions as provided by law for, the county treasurer and auditor ((possess for)) with regard to a sewer district ((related to creating and maintaining funds, issuing warrants, and investing surplus district funds)).  Such treasurer shall be bonded for not less than twenty-five thousand dollars.  Approval by the county treasurer authorizing such a sewer district to designate its treasurer shall not be arbitrarily or capriciously withheld.

        Sec. 2.  Section 4, chapter 57, Laws of 1983 and RCW 57.20.135 are each amended to read as follows:

          Upon obtaining the approval of the county treasurer, the board of commissioners of a water district with more than twenty-five hundred customers may designate by resolution some other person having experience in financial or fiscal matters as the treasurer of the district.  Such a treasurer shall possess all of the powers, responsibilities, and duties ((that)) of, and shall be subject to the same restrictions as provided by law for, the county treasurer and auditor ((possess for)) with regard to a water district ((related to creating and maintaining funds, issuing warrants, and investing surplus district funds)).  Such treasurer shall be bonded for not less than twenty-five thousand dollars.  Approval by the county treasurer authorizing such a water district to designate its treasurer shall not be arbitrarily or capriciously withheld.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     Any action taken by a sewer district treasurer or water district treasurer prior to the effective date of this section and consistent with sections 1 and 2 of this act is ratified and confirmed.