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BILL · 2007–08 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 5701

SB 5701: County commissioners

Establishing a procedure for the election of county commissioners by district.

Summary

  • The board of county commissioners of a noncharter county may be elected by voters of the commissioner district upon approval of a ballot proposition authorizing election by district. The ballot proposition may be submitted to the voters by the board of county commissioners or by a petition signed by at least ten percent of the voters who voted at the last county general election.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedJan 29, 2007
  2. Out of committeeFeb 26, 2007
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Don Benton (R-17)
Introduced
January 29, 2007 in the Senate
Last action
January 14, 2008
Versions
SB 5701, SSB 5701

AN ACT Relating to establishing a procedure for the election of county commissioners by district;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Don Benton (R-17)

4 co-sponsors (1 Democrat, 3 Republicans)

Craig Pridemore D-49Pam Roach R-31Dan Swecker R-20Val Stevens R-39

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SSB 5701)
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Senate Rules "X" file. (SSB 5701)
  4. Senate Rules "X" file.
  5. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SSB 5701)
  6. GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 5701)
  7. GO - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  8. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  9. First reading, referred to Government Operations & Elections.

SB 5701 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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