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54.40.070 - Special election for commissioners from districts -- Terms.

Special election for commissioners from districts — Terms.

Within thirty days after the public utility district commission divides the district into District A and District B, the county legislative authority shall call a special election, to be held at the next special election date provided for under *RCW 29.13.010 that occurs sixty or more days after the call, at which time the initial commissioners for District A and District B shall be elected. No primary shall be held and a special filing period shall be opened as provided in *RCW 29.15.170 and 29.15.180. The person receiving the greatest number of votes for each position shall be elected.

     The person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a four-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a two-year term of office, if the election is held in an even-numbered year, or the person who is elected receiving the greatest number of votes shall be elected to a three-year term of office, and the other person who is elected shall be elected to a one-year term of office, if the election is held in an odd-numbered year. The length of these terms of office shall be calculated from the first day in January in the year following their elections.

     The newly elected commissioners shall assume office immediately after being elected and qualified and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and assume office in accordance with *RCW 29.04.170. Each successor shall be elected to a four-year term of office.

[1994 c 223 § 61; 1977 ex.s. c 36 § 7; 1959 c 265 § 8.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 29.13.010, 29.15.170, 29.15.180, and 29.04.170 were recodified as RCW 29A.04.320, 29A.24.170, 29A.24.180, and 29A.20.040, respectively, pursuant to 2003 c 111 § 2401, effective July 1, 2004. RCW 29A.04.320, 29A.24.170, and 29A.24.180 were subsequently repealed by 2004 c 271 § 193. Later enactment of RCW 29A.04.320, 29A.24.170, and 29A.24.180, see RCW 29A.04.321, 29A.24.171, and 29A.24.181, respectively.