At any
general election or at any special election which may be called
for that purpose, the county legislative authority of any county
in this state may, or on petition of ten percent of the
registered voters of such county based on the total vote cast in
the last general county election, shall, by resolution submit to
the voters of such county the proposition of creating a port
district coextensive with the limits of such county. Such
petition shall be filed with the county auditor, who shall within
fifteen days examine the signatures thereof and certify to the
sufficiency or insufficiency thereof, and for such purpose the
county auditor shall have access to all registration books in the
possession of the officers of any incorporated city or town in
such proposed port district. If such petition be found to be
insufficient, it shall be returned to the persons filing the
same, who may amend or add names thereto for ten days, when the
same shall be returned to the county auditor, who shall have an
additional fifteen days to examine the same and attach his or her
certificate thereto. No person having signed such petition shall
be allowed to withdraw his or her name therefrom after the filing
of the same with the county auditor. Whenever such petition
shall be certified to as sufficient, the county auditor shall
forthwith transmit the same, together with his or her certificate
of sufficiency attached thereto, to the legislative authority of
the county, who shall submit such proposition at the next general
election or, if such petition so requests, the county legislative
authority shall, at their first meeting after the date of such
certificate, by resolution, call a special election to be held in
accordance with *RCW 29.13.010 and 29.13.020. The notice of
election shall state the boundaries of the proposed port district
and the object of such election. In submitting the question to
the voters for their approval or rejection, the proposition shall
be expressed on the ballot substantially in the following terms:
"Port of . . . . . ., Yes." (giving the name of the
principal seaport city within such proposed port district, or if
there be more than one city of the same class within such
district, such name as may be determined by the legislative
authority of the county).
"Port of . . . . . ., No." (giving the name of the principal
seaport city within such port district, or if there be more than
one city of the same class within such district, such name as may
be determined by the legislative authority of the county).
[1992 c 147 § 1; 1990 c 259 § 15; 1986 c 262 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 157 § 1; 1913 c 62 § 1; 1911 c 92 § 2; RRS § 9689. Formerly RCW 53.04.020 through 53.04.040.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 29.13.010 and 29.13.020 were recodified as RCW 29A.04.320 and 29A.04.330, respectively, pursuant to 2003 c 111 § 2401, effective July 1, 2004. RCW 29A.04.320 was subsequently repealed by 2004 c 271 § 193. Later enactment of RCW 29A.04.320, see RCW 29A.04.321.
Severability -- 1992 c 147: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1992 c 147 § 4.]
Effective date -- 1971 ex.s. c 157: "The effective date of this act shall be May 1, 1972." [1971 ex.s. c 157 § 4.]