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AN ORDINANCE relating to council rules and order of business; amending Ordinance 11683, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.025, Ordinance 11683 ,Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.035, Ordinance 11683, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.065, Ordinance 11683, Section 9, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.085, Ordinance 11683, Section 15, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.145, Ordinance 11683, Section 24, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.235, Ordinance 11683, Section 26, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.255 and Ordinance 13982, Section 29, and K.C.C. 1.24.320 and repealing Ordinance 1043, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.28.010 and Ordinance 12165, Section 10, and K.C.C. 1.28.020.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings.
A. King County Charter Section 220.40 requires the council to adopt by ordinance rules of procedure governing the time, place and conduct of its meetings.
B. Consistent with the county charter, the council adopted by ordinance rules of procedure, which are codified in K.C.C. chapter 1.24, and passed motions related to the organization and administration of the council.
C. The rules ordinance and the organizational motion have been amended from time to time to reflect desired changes in the council's rules of procedure, organization and administration.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11683, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 1.24.025 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Rule 3: Powers and duties of the vice-chair - acting chair in absence of chair and vice-chair.
A. There shall be two vice-chairs: the vice-chair of policy and the vice-chair of employment and administration. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of policy and, in the absence of the vice-chair of policy, "vice-chair" means the vice-chair of employment and administration.
B. The vice-chair of policy shall exercise the duties, powers and prerogatives of the...
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