LegalFix
Sign In

53.12.120 Increasing number of commissioners—Population requirements—Ballot proposition—Election of added commissioners.

WA Rev Code § 53.12.120 (2019) (N/A)
Copy with citation
Copy as parenthetical citation

RCW 53.12.120 Increasing number of commissioners—Population requirements—Ballot proposition—Election of added commissioners.

When the population of a port district that has three commissioners reaches five hundred thousand, in accordance with the latest United States regular or special census or with the official state population estimate, there shall be submitted to the voters of the district, at the next district general election or at a special port election called for that purpose, the proposition of increasing the number of commissioners to five.

At the next district general election following the election in which an increase in the number of port commissioners was authorized, candidates for the two additional port commissioner positions shall be elected as provided in RCW 53.12.130.

[ 1994 c 223 § 87; 1992 c 146 § 8; 1982 c 219 § 1; 1965 c 51 § 7; 1959 c 175 § 3; 1959 c 17 § 10. Prior: 1953 c 198 § 1; 1913 c 62 § 2, part; 1911 c 92 § 3, part; RRS § 9690, part.]

Previous Section
53.12.115 Increasing number of commissioners—Resolution, petition—Ballot proposition.
Next Section
53.12.130 Increasing number of commissioners—Election of additional commissioners—Commencement and terms of office.