File #: 2009-0282    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 4/20/2009 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 6/8/2009
Enactment date: 6/17/2009 Enactment #: 16546
Title: AN ORDINANCE proposing to repeal Section 475 of the King County Charter pertaining to work programs and allotments, and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2009 general election.
Sponsors: Bob Ferguson
Indexes: Charter, Elections
Attachments: 1. 16546.pdf, 2. 2009-0282 Revised staff report 2009-06-03.doc, 3. 2009-0282 Staff report 2009-04-22 with attachments.pdf, 4. 2009-0282 Staff report 2009-06-03 with attachments.pdf
Staff: Wagner, Nick
Drafter
Clerk 06/03/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE proposing to repeal Section 475 of the King County Charter pertaining to work programs and allotments, and submitting the same to the voters of the county for their ratification or rejection at the November 2009 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 the King County Charter repealing Section 475, as set forth herein:
      Section 475 repealed.  Section 475 of the King County Charter, "Work Programs and Allotments," is hereby repealed.
      SECTION 2.  The clerk of the council shall certify the proposition to the county elections director, in substantially the following form, with such additions, deletions or modifications as may be required by the prosecuting attorney:
Shall the King County Charter be amended to repeal Section 475, "Work Programs and Allotments"?
      SECTION 3.  The repeal of Section 475 of the King County Charter is not intended to affect existing legislation or to limit the power of the council to adopt legislation regarding the matters that were addressed in Section 475.
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