Upon receipt of a completed written
request to both establish a library capital facility area and
submit a ballot proposition under RCW 27.15.050 to finance
library capital facilities, that is signed by a majority of the
members of the board of trustees of a library district or board
of trustees of a city or town library, the county legislative
authority or county legislative authorities for the county or
counties in which a proposed library capital facility area is to
be established shall submit separate ballot propositions to
voters to authorize establishing the proposed library capital
facility area and authorizing the library capital facility area,
if established, to finance library capital facilities by issuing
general indebtedness and imposing excess levies to retire the
indebtedness. The ballot propositions shall be submitted to
voters at a general or special election. If the proposed
election date is not a general election, the county legislative
authority is encouraged to request an election when another unit
of local government with territory located in the proposed
library capital facility area is already holding a special
election under *RCW 29.13.020. Approval of the ballot
proposition to create a library capital facility area shall be by
a simple majority vote.
A completed request submitted under this section shall
include: (1) A description of the boundaries of the library
capital facility area; and (2) a copy of the resolution of the
legislative authority of each city or town, and board of trustees
of each library district, with territory included within the
proposed library capital facility area indicating both: (a) Its
approval of the creation of the proposed library capital facility
area; and (b) agreement on how election costs will be paid for
submitting ballot propositions to voters that authorize the
library capital facility area to incur general indebtedness and
impose excess levies to retire the general indebtedness.
[1996 c 258 § 1; 1995 c 368 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 29.13.020 was recodified as RCW 29A.04.330 pursuant to 2003 c 111 § 2401, effective July 1, 2004.