File #: 2008-0422    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Lapsed
File created: 8/4/2008 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 2/2/2009
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for and against the charter amendments placed on the ballot by Ordinance 16207 for the November 4, 2008, election.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson, Kathy Lambert
Indexes: Charter, Voters' Pamphlet
Drafter
Clerk 07/31/2008
Title
A MOTION appointing committees to write the voters' pamphlet statements for and against the charter amendments placed on the ballot by Ordinance 16207 for the November 4, 2008, election.
Body
      WHEREAS, K.C.C. chapter 1.10 provides for the publication and distribution of local voters' pamphlets in conformity with the provisions of chapter 29A.32 RCW for annual general elections held in King County, and
      WHEREAS, RCW 29A.32.280 provides that for each measure from a unit of local government that is included in a local voters' pamphlet, the legislative authority of that jurisdiction shall formally appoint a committee to prepare arguments advocating voter approval of the measure and a committee to prepare arguments advocating voter rejection of the measure, and
      WHEREAS, Ordinance 16207, passed by the council on July 14, 2008, provided for submission to the voters at the November 4, 2008, general election, of proposed amendments to Sections 310, 430 and 550 of the King County Charter, and a proposed new Section 425 to be added to the King County Charter;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
      Pursuant to RCW 29A.32.280, the following individuals are appointed to serve on the voters' pamphlet committees for the charter amendments proposed in Ordinance 16207, each committee to write a statement for or against the proposed amendments, for the 2008 general election:
      FOR
1.  __________________________
2.  __________________________
3.  __________________________
 
      AGAINST
1.  __________________________
2.  __________________________
3.  __________________________
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