Drafter
Clerk 06/26/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE proposing an amendment to Section 630 of the King County Charter, to authorize the county council to establish additional qualifications for separately elected officials who head executive departments, including the sheriff, assessor, and the proposed director of elections; and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2008 general election.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. There shall be submitted to the voters of King County for their approval and ratification or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this county occurring more than forty-five days after the enactment of this ordinance, an amendment to Section 630 of the King County Charter, as set forth herein:
Section 630. Qualifications.
Each county officer holding an elective office shall be, at the time of his appointment or election and at all times while he holds office, at least twenty-one years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident and registered voter of King County; and each ((councilman)) councilmember shall be a resident of the district ((which he)) that the councilmember represents. Any change in the boundaries of a ((councilman's)) councilmember's district ((which shall cause him)) that causes the councilmember to be no longer a resident of the district ((which he)) that the councilmember represents shall not disqualify ((him)) the councilmember from holding office during the remainder of the term for which ((he)) the councilmember was elected or appointed. Additional qualifications ((of the office of sheriff,)) for those separately elected officials who head executive departments may be established by ordinance.
SECTION 2. The clerk of the council shall certify the proposition t the manager of the elections division, in substantially the following form, with such additions, deletions or modifications as may be required by the prosecuting attorney:
Shall Section 630 of the King County Charter be amended to authorize the
county council to establish additional qualifications for separately elected officials who head executive departments?
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