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Clerk 12/15/2015
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the board of appeals and equalization; amending Ordinance 6444, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.34.010, Ordinance 6444, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.020, Ordinance 6444, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.030, Ordinance 6444, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.040, Ordinance 6444, Section 5, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.050, Ordinance 6444, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.060 and Ordinance 12504, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.34.100 and repealing Ordinance 13410, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.035.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 6444, Section 1, and K.C.C. 2.34.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. There is established a King County ((B))board of ((A))appeals as provided ((for)) in Article 7 of the King County Charter. Additionally, the functions of the county council in its capacity as a board of equalization are hereby vested in the board of appeals, which shall be formally designated as the King County ((B))board of ((A))appeals and ((E))equalization((, and which shall be referred to hereafter in this section as "the board.")).
B. The chair of the board ((shall be)) is responsible to the ((King County)) council for the efficient management and administration of the board and its resources.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 6444, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.34.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. ((In conformance with Section 710 of the King County Charter, t))The board shall be composed of seven members appointed by the county executive and subject to confirmation by a majority of the county council.
B. The term of office shall be ((for)) four years, and shall be staggered as follows: two terms shall commence each year except that every fourth year ((commencing in 1986)) only one term shall commence. Board members shall fill the term to which appointed or that portion remaining of an unexpired te...
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