2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 36 - COUNTIES
36.16 County officers -- General.
36.16.125 Elected officials -- Abandonment of responsibilities -- Declaratory judgment -- Compensation denied during abandonment.
RCW 36.16.125 Elected officials — Abandonment of responsibilities — Declaratory judgment — Compensation denied during abandonment.
The county legislative authority of a county may cause an action to be filed in the superior court of that county for a declaratory judgment finding that a county elected official has abandoned his or her responsibilities by being absent from the county and failing to perform his or her official duties for a period of at least thirty consecutive days, but not including: (1) Absences approved by the county legislative authority; or (2) absences arising from leave taken for legitimate medical or disability purposes. If such a declaratory judgment is issued, the county official is no longer eligible to receive compensation from the date the declaratory judgment is issued until the court issues a subsequent declaratory judgment finding that the county official has commenced performing his or her responsibilities.
[1999 c 71 § 1.]
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