File #: 2013-0315    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 7/8/2013 In control: Metropolitan King County Council
On agenda: Final action: 7/8/2013
Enactment date: Enactment #: 13937
Title: A MOTION appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the November 5, 2013, general election regarding Ordinance 17614 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a general election to be held in King County on November 5, 2013, of a proposition authorizing the creation of an appointed office of county public defender, a department of public defense and a public defense advisory board, permitting the county to contract for public defense services and requiring the executive to consult with the county public defender on the executive's bargaining with employees of the department of public defense.
Sponsors: Julia Patterson
Indexes: Elections, Voters' Pamphlet
Attachments: 1. Motion 13937.pdf, 2. 13937 Amendment 1 7-8-13.pdf
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A MOTION appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the November 5, 2013, general election regarding Ordinance 17614 providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a general election to be held in King County on November 5, 2013, of a proposition authorizing the creation of an appointed office of county public defender, a department of public defense and a public defense advisory board, permitting the county to contract for public defense services and requiring the executive to consult with the county public defender on the executive's bargaining with employees of the department of public defense.
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WHEREAS, K.C.C. chapter 1.10 provides for the publication and distribution of local voters' pamphlets in conformity with 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 17614 provides for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a general election to be held in King County on November 5, 2013, a proposition authorizing the creation of an appointed office of county public defender, a department of public defense and a public defense advisory board, permitting the county to contract for public defense services and requiring the executive to consult with the county public defender on the executive's bargaining with employees of the department of public defense;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The following individuals are appointed to serve on the voters' pamphlet committee to write a statement for and against the proposition authorizing the creation of an a...

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