RCW 35.58.090 Election procedure to form corporation and
levy tax -- Qualified voters -- Establishment of corporation -- First
meeting of council.
The election on the formation of the
metropolitan municipal corporation shall be conducted by the
auditor of the central county in accordance with the general
election laws of the state and the results thereof shall be
canvassed by the county canvassing board of the central county,
which shall certify the result of the election to the county
legislative authority of the central county, and shall cause a
certified copy of such canvass to be filed in the office of the
secretary of state. Notice of the election shall be published in
one or more newspapers of general circulation in each component
county in the manner provided in the general election laws. No
person shall be entitled to vote at such election unless that
person is a qualified voter under the laws of the state in effect
at the time of such election and has resided within the
metropolitan area for at least thirty days preceding the date of
the election. The ballot proposition shall be in substantially
the following form:
"FORMATION OF METROPOLITAN
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
Shall a metropolitan municipal corporation be
established for the area described in a resolution of
the county legislative authority of . . . . . . county
adopted on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., 19. . ., to
perform the metropolitan functions of . . . . . . (here
insert the title of each of the functions to be
authorized as set forth in the petition or initial
resolution).
YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
If a majority of the persons voting on the proposition
residing within the central city shall vote in favor thereof and
a majority of the persons voting on the proposition residing in
the metropolitan area outside of the central city shall vote in
favor thereof, the metropolitan municipal corporation shall
thereupon be established and the county legislative authority of
the central county shall adopt a resolution setting a time and
place for the first meeting of the metropolitan council which
shall be held not later than sixty days after the date of such
election. A copy of such resolution shall be transmitted to the
legislative body of each component city and county and of each
special district which shall be affected by the particular
metropolitan functions authorized.
At the same election there shall be submitted to the voters
residing within the metropolitan area, for their approval or
rejection, a proposition authorizing the metropolitan municipal
corporation, if formed, to levy at the earliest time permitted by
law on all taxable property located within the metropolitan
municipal corporation a general tax, for one year, of twenty-five
cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in excess of any
constitutional or statutory limitation for authorized purposes of
the metropolitan municipal corporation. The proposition shall be
expressed on the ballots in substantially the following form:
"ONE YEAR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
PER THOUSAND DOLLARS OF
ASSESSED VALUE LEVY
Shall the metropolitan municipal corporation, if
formed, levy a general tax of twenty-five cents per
thousand dollars of assessed value for one year upon
all the taxable property within said corporation in
excess of the constitutional and/or statutory tax
limits for authorized purposes of the corporation?
YES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "
Such proposition to be effective must be approved by a majority
of at least three-fifths of the persons voting on the proposition
to levy such tax, with a forty percent validation requirement, in
the manner set forth in Article VII, section 2(a) of the
Constitution of this state.
[1993 c 240 § 3; 1973 1st ex.s. c
195 § 23; 1965 c 7 § 35.58.090. Prior: 1957 c 213 § 9.]
NOTES:
Severability -- Effective dates -- Construction -- 1973 1st ex.s.
c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043.
Canvassing the returns, generally: Chapter 29A.60 RCW.