Drafter

Clerk 06/25/2020

Title

AN ORDINANCE proposing to amend the King County Charter relating to the county sheriff; amending Section 350.20.40 of the King County Charter; and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the next general election to be held in this county occurring more than forty-five days after the enactment of this ordinance.

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                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  There shall be submitted to the qualified voters of King County for their approval and ratification or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this county occurring more than forty-five days after the enactment of this ordinance, an amendment to Section 350.20.40 of the King County Charter, as set forth herein:

                     Section 350.20.40 Department of Public Safety.

                     The department of public safety shall be administered by the county sheriff who shall perform the duties specified by ((general law)) ordinance.  The county sheriff shall be elected by the voters of the county, and the sheriff's term of office shall be four years.  The department of public safety shall be an executive department subject to the civil service personnel system and shall utilize the services of the administrative offices and the executive departments((, but it shall not be abolished or combined with any other executive department or administrative office and shall not have its duties decreased by the county council)).

                     SECTION 2.  The clerk of the council shall certify the proposition to the director of elections, in substantially the following form, with such additions, deletions or modifications as may be required by the prosecuting attorney:

Shall the King County Charter be amended so that the duties of the county

sheriff and the structure and duties of the department of public safety shall be established by county ordinance??