2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 36 - COUNTIES
36.61 Lake and beach management districts.
36.61.090 Creation of district -- Submittal of question to landowners -- Balloting -- Conditions.
RCW 36.61.090 Creation of district — Submittal of question to landowners — Balloting — Conditions.
The balloting shall be subject to the following conditions, which shall be included in the instructions mailed with each ballot, as provided in RCW 36.61.080: (1) All ballots must be signed by the owner or reputed owner of property according to the assessor's tax rolls; (2) each ballot must be returned to the county legislative authority not later than 5:00 p.m. of a specified day, which shall be at least twenty but not more than thirty days after the ballots are mailed; (3) each property owner shall mark his or her ballot for or against the creation of the proposed lake or beach management district, with the ballot weighted so that the property owner has one vote for each dollar of estimated special assessment or rate and charge proposed to be imposed on his or her property; and (4) the valid ballots shall be tabulated and a simple majority of the votes cast shall determine whether the proposed lake or beach management district shall be approved or rejected.
[2008 c 301 § 11; 1987 c 432 § 7; 1985 c 398 § 8.]
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