WSR 99-20-030

ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION


Cite as: AGO 1999 No. 8

[ August 4, 1999 ]

COUNTIES - CHARTERS - FREEHOLDERS - Authority of county officials to submit alternative provisions for proposed county charter to voters.


When the state constitution authorizes alternative provisions of a new county charter to be submitted to the voters, it refers exclusively to charter provisions drafted and submitted by the freeholders who have prepared the proposed charter; the law does not permit the county commissioners or any other person to submit alternative provisions to be voted on with the original proposal.

The Honorable Bradley W. Anderson

Skamania County Prosecuting Attorney

PO Box 790

Stevenson, WA 98648

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