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Clerk 03/09/2023

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AN ORDINANCE relating to the introduction and initial consideration of proposed legislation; and amending Ordinance 11683, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.085.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  Ordinance 11683, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.085 are hereby amended to read as follows:

                     A.  All legislative proposals submitted to the King County council by the executive shall be accompanied by a completed Legislative Review Form in a form of Attachment A to ((Ordinance 17666, dated July 25, 2013)) this ordinance, which may be amended ((from time to time)) in accordance with this section.  Amendments to Attachments A shall be made by the clerk of the council, in consultation with the office of the executive's chief of staff.  The clerk of the council shall retain an electronic copy and provide an electronic copy to all councilmembers, the council chief of staff, and the council chief policy officer.  In addition, all legislative proposals involving the collective bargaining or appropriations ordinances limited solely to the costs associated with the implementation of collective bargaining shall be accompanied by a summary of the legislation that includes the current costs and five-year implementation costs as well as changes to working conditions and any other substantive changes compared to prior agreements.

                     B.  Upon the electronic receipt of proposed legislation from the executive, the assessor, the presiding judge, the prosecuting attorney, the director of elections or a councilmember, the clerk of the council shall assign a proposed number to the legislation.  The clerk may make formatting and nonsubstantive revisions in form and style to proposed legislation before first reading and shall indicate on the revised legislation that the legislation is revised by the clerk and the date of the revision.

                     C.  Upon electronically filing with the clerk of the council sponsorship of legislation, by at least one councilmember in a form prescribed by the clerk of the council, or upon receipt by the council of a proposed ordinance submitted as an institutional initiative under Section 230.50.10 of the King County Charter, the proposed legislation is introduced and must be placed on the agenda for first reading and referral.  Receipt of an institutional initiative may be received in paper form or electronically.  Legislation may be introduced with the title only, but the text of the legislation must be filed with the clerk by first reading.  In accordance with Rule 2.E., K.C.C. 1.24.015.E., the chair of the council shall refer both the title and the subsequently filed text of the legislation to committee if the legislation was introduced with the title only.  If the text of the legislation is not timely filed, the legislation is to be removed from the agenda and is not to be referred to committee.

                     D.  A member may add the member’s own name to sponsorship of legislation at any time before passage of the legislation by electronically informing the clerk of the council.  The first member listed on the first introduction slip filed for legislation may not remove that member’s own name from sponsorship of the legislation.  However, any other sponsor of legislation may remove that sponsor’s own name from sponsorship of the legislation by electronically informing the clerk of the council.

                     E.  First reading of legislation shall consist of either:

                       1.  Printing the number and title of the proposed legislation on the published agenda; or

                       2.  Adding the proposed legislation to the agenda under Rule 5, K.C.C. 1.24.045.B.2. or 3. and including this information in the council's minutes.

                     F.  After the first reading, proposed legislation must be referred to an appropriate committee or committees by the chair of the council, except for motions confirming executive reappointments to boards or commissions, which may be referred directly to a council consent agenda, or legislation related to collective bargaining, including appropriation ordinances limited solely to the costs associated with implementation of a collective bargaining agreement.  Proposed legislation referred to more than one committee must be considered consecutively by the committees in the order set forth on the marked published agenda or as specified by the chair during the meeting and reflected in the council's minutes.

                     G.  Upon being reported out of committee with a recommendation, proposed legislation must be placed upon an agenda for appropriate action, after consideration of public hearing notice requirements, one week after the Tuesday after the committee meeting, unless the committee chair decides and states on the record at the committee meeting that the item be placed on the next council agenda.  The clerk of the council may make formatting and nonsubstantive revisions in form to proposed legislation after the legislation is reported out of the committee and before the legislation is placed on the agenda for second reading and shall indicate on the revised legislation that the legislation is revised by the clerk and the date of the revision.

                     H.  Proposed legislation related to collective bargaining, including appropriation ordinances limited solely to the costs associated with implementation of collective bargaining agreements must be placed on the agenda for appropriate action, after

consideration of public hearing notice requirements, at the next council meeting at least one week after its first reading.