File #: 2004-0241    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 5/10/2004 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 10/25/2004
Enactment date: 11/5/2004 Enactment #: 15048
Title: AN ORDINANCE revising the procedures for amending the rules governing the conduct of hearings and mediations by the hearing examiner; and amending Ordinance 263, Article 5 Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.170.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips
Indexes: Hearing Examiner, Procedure
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 15048.pdf, 2. 2004-0241 Attachment #1 for 10-04-04 COW ~ Signature Report.doc, 3. 2004-0241 Attachment #2 for 10-04-04 COW ~ Rules of Procedure of the Hearing Examiner.pdf, 4. 2004-0241 Attachment #3 for 10-04-04 COW ~ Striking Amendment.doc, 5. 2004-0241 Staff Report for 10-04-04 COW.doc, 6. 2004-0241 Staff Report for 10-25-04 COW.doc, 7. 2004-0241 Striking Amendment for 10-25-04 COW dated 09-21-04.doc, 8. 2004-0241 Striking Amendment from SH for 10-25-04 COW.doc
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AN ORDINANCE revising the procedures for amending the rules governing the conduct of hearings and mediations by the hearing examiner; and amending Ordinance 263, Article 5 Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.170.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 263, Article 5 Section 13, as amended, and K.C.C. 20.24.170 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rules and conduct of hearings.
A.1. The examiner shall adopt rules, including any amendments to the rules, for the conduct of hearings and for any mediation process consistent with this chapter ((, within ninety days of the effective date of Ordinance 11502. The rules shall be reviewed by the council, and remain in effect during this review. Any modifications made by the council by motion shall be incorporated by the hearing examiner, and shall become effective ten days after adoption of the motion)).
2. The hearing examiner may propose amendments to the rules by filing a draft of the amendments and a draft of a motion approving the amendments in the office of the clerk of the council, for distribution to all councilmembers for review. At the same time as the filing of the draft, the hearing examiner shall also distribute for comment a copy of the proposed amendments to any county department that has appeared before the examiner in the year before the filing of proposed amendments and to any other parties who have requested to be notified of proposed amendments to the rules. Comments to the proposed amendments may be filed with the clerk of the council for distribution to all councilmembers for sixty days after the proposed amendments are distributed for comment. The amendments shall take effect when they have been approved by the council by motion.
((Such)) 3. The hearing examiner shall publish the rules ((shall be published)) and any amendments to the rules and make them available ((upon request to all interested parties)) to the public in p...

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