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WA Rev Code § 35A.08.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.020 - Determining population.

RCW 35A.08.020 Determining population.For the purposes of this chapter, the population of a city shall be the number of residents shown by the figures released for the most recent official state or federal census, by a population determination made under the direction of the office of financial management, or by a city census conducted in the following manner:(1) The legislative authority of any such city may provide by ordinance for the appointment by the mayor thereof, of such number of persons as may be designated in the ordinance to make an enumeration of all persons residing within the corporate limits of the city. The enumerators so appointed, before entering upon their duties, shall take an oath for the faithful performance thereof and within five days after their appointment proceed, within their respective districts, to make an enumeration of all persons residing therein, with their names and places of residence.(2) Immediately upon the completion of the enumeration, the enumerators shall make return thereof upon oath to the legislative authority of the city, who at its next meeting or as soon thereafter as practicable, shall canvass and certify the returns.(3) If it appears therefrom that the whole number of persons residing within the corporate limits of the city is ten thousand or more, the mayor and clerk under the corporate seal of the city shall certify the number so ascertained to the secretary of state, who shall file it in his or her office. This certificate when so filed shall be conclusive evidence of the population of the city.[ 2009 c 549 § 3002; 1979 c 151 § 32; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.020.]NOTES:Population determinations, office of financial management: Chapter 43.62 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.030 - Resolution or petition for election.

RCW 35A.08.030 Resolution or petition for election.The legislative body of any city having ten thousand or more inhabitants may, by resolution, provide for submission to the voters of the question whether the city shall become a charter code city and be governed in accordance with a charter to be adopted by the voters under the provisions of this title. The legislative body must provide for such an election upon receipt of a sufficient petition therefor signed by qualified electors in number equal to not less than ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election therein. The question may be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election held for that purpose not less than ninety nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the passage of the resolution or the filing of the certificate of sufficiency of the petition. At such election provision shall also be made for the election of fifteen freeholders who, upon a favorable vote on the question, shall constitute the charter commission charged with the duty of framing a charter for submission to the voters. If the vote in favor of adopting a charter receives forty percent or less of the total vote on the question of charter adoption, no new election on the question of charter adoption may be held for a period of two years from the date of the election in which the charter proposal failed.[ 2001 c 33 § 4; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.030.]NOTES:Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.040 - Election on question—Election of charter commission.

RCW 35A.08.040 Election on question—Election of charter commission.The election on the question whether to adopt a charter and become a charter code city and the nomination and election of the members of the charter commission shall be conducted, and the result declared, according to the laws regulating and controlling elections in the city. Candidates for election to the charter commission must be nominated by petition signed by ten registered voters of the city and residents therein for a period of at least two years preceding the election. A nominating petition shall be filed within the time allowed for filing declarations of candidacy and shall be verified by an affidavit of one or more of the signers to the effect that the affiant believes that the candidate and all of the signers are registered voters of the city and he or she signed the petition in good faith for the purpose of endorsing the person named therein for election to the charter commission. A written acceptance of the nomination by the nominee shall be affixed to the petition when filed with the county auditor. Nominating petitions need not be in the form prescribed in RCW 35A.01.040. Any nominee may withdraw his or her nomination by a written statement of withdrawal filed at any time not later than five days before the last day allowed for filing nominations. The positions on the charter commission shall be designated by consecutive numbers one through fifteen, and the positions so designated shall be considered as separate offices for all election purposes. A nomination shall be made for a specific numbered position.[ 2009 c 549 § 3003; 1990 c 259 § 7; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.040.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.050 - Organization of charter commission—Vacancies—Duties.

RCW 35A.08.050 Organization of charter commission—Vacancies—Duties.Within ten days after its election the charter commission shall hold its first meeting, elect one of the members as chair, and adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it may deem advisable. In the event of a vacancy in the charter commission, the remaining members shall fill it by appointment thereto of some properly qualified person. A majority shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business but final charter recommendations shall require a majority vote of the whole membership of the commission. The commission shall study the plan of government of the city, compare it with other available plans of government, and determine whether, in its judgment, the government of the city could be strengthened, made more responsive or accountable to the people, or whether its operation could be made more economical or more efficient by amendment of the existing plan or adoption of another plan of government. The commission shall consider the plans of government described in this title but shall not be limited to such plans in its recommendations for the government of the city and may frame a charter for any plan it deems suitable for the good government of the city; except that the provisions of such charter shall not be valid if inconsistent with the Constitution of this state, the provisions of this title, or the general laws of the state, insofar as they are applicable to cities governed under this title.[ 2009 c 549 § 3004; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.050.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.060 - Expenses of commission members—Consultants and assistants.

RCW 35A.08.060 Expenses of commission members—Consultants and assistants.Members of the charter commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed by the city from any funds for their necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The legislative body may, in its discretion, make a reasonable appropriation of the city funds to provide for public information and discussion concerning the purposes and progress of the commission's work and/or to provide technical or clerical assistance to the commission in its work. Within the limits of any such appropriation and privately contributed funds and services as may be available to it, the charter commission may appoint one or more consultants and clerical or other assistants to serve at the pleasure of the commission and may fix a reasonable compensation to be paid such consultants and assistants.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.060.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.070 - Public hearing.

RCW 35A.08.070 Public hearing.The charter commission shall hold at least one public hearing in the course of its deliberations, may hold committee meetings and may sponsor public forums and promote public education and discussion respecting its work.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.070.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.080 - Submission of charter—Election of officers—Publication.

RCW 35A.08.080 Submission of charter—Election of officers—Publication.Within one hundred and eighty days from the date of its first meeting, the charter commission, or a majority thereof, shall frame a charter for the city and submit the charter to the legislative body of the city, which, within five days thereafter shall initiate proceedings for the submission of the proposed charter to the qualified electors of the city at the next general election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety nor more than one hundred and eighty days after submission of the charter to the legislative body. The legislative body shall cause the proposed charter to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval. At this election the first officers to serve under the provisions of the proposed charter shall also be elected. If the election is from wards, the division into wards as specified in the proposed charter shall govern; in all other respects the then existing laws relating to such elections shall govern. The notice of election shall specify the objects for which the election is held and shall be given as required by law.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.080.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.090 - Conduct of elections.

RCW 35A.08.090 Conduct of elections.The election upon the question of becoming a charter code city and framing a charter and the election of the charter commission, and the election upon the adoption or rejection of the proposed charter and the officers to be elected thereunder, the returns of both elections, the canvassing thereof, and the declaration of the result shall be governed by the laws regulating and controlling elections in the city.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.090.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.100 - Ballot titles.

RCW 35A.08.100 Ballot titles.Ballot titles for elections under this chapter shall be prepared by the city attorney. The ballot statement in the election for adopting or rejecting the proposed charter shall clearly state that, upon adoption of the proposed charter, the city would be governed by its charter and by this title.[ 2015 c 53 § 51; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.100.]NOTES:
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.110 - Certificates of election to officers—Effective date of becoming charter code city.

RCW 35A.08.110 Certificates of election to officers—Effective date of becoming charter code city.If a majority of the votes cast at the election upon the adoption of the proposed charter favor it, certificates of election shall be issued to each officer elected at that election. Within ten days after the issuance of the certificates of election, the newly elected officers shall qualify as provided in the charter, and on the tenth day thereafter at twelve o'clock noon of that day or on the next business day if the tenth day is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, the officers so elected and qualified shall enter upon the duties of the offices to which they were elected and at such time the charter shall be authenticated, recorded, attested and go into effect, and the city shall thereafter be classified as a charter code city. When so authenticated, recorded and attested, the charter shall become the organic law of the city and supersede any existing charter and amendments thereto and all special laws inconsistent therewith.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.110.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.08.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.08 - Procedure for Adoption of Charter as Charter Code City.|35A.08.120 - Authentication of charter.

RCW 35A.08.120 Authentication of charter.The authentication of the charter shall be by certificate of the mayor in substance as follows:"I, . . . . . ., mayor of the city of . . . . . ., do hereby certify that in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and statutes of the state of Washington, the city of . . . . . . caused fifteen freeholders to be elected on the . . . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . as a charter commission to prepare a charter for the city; that due notice of that election was given in the manner provided by law and that the following persons were declared elected to prepare and propose a charter for the city, to wit:That thereafter on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . the charter commission returned a proposed charter for the city of . . . . . . signed by the following members thereof: . . . . . .That thereafter the proposed charter was published in . . . . . . . . . (indicate name of newspaper in which published), for at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval.(Indicate dates of publication.)That thereafter on the . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . ., at an election duly called and held, the proposed charter was submitted to the qualified electors thereof, and the returns canvassed resulting as follows: For the proposed charter . . . . votes; against the proposed charter, . . . . votes; majority for the proposed charter, . . . . votes; whereupon the charter was declared adopted by a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election.I further certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete copy of the proposed charter so voted upon and adopted as aforesaid.IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of the said city at my office this . . . . day of . . . . . ., (year) . . . . . . . . Mayor of the city of . . . .Attest:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clerk of the city of . . . . . . (corporate seal)."Immediately after authentication, the authenticated charter shall be recorded by the city clerk in a book provided for that purpose known as the charter book of the city of . . . . . . and when so recorded shall be attested by the clerk and mayor under the corporate seal of the city. All amendments shall be in like manner recorded and attested.All courts shall take judicial notice of a charter and all amendments thereto when recorded and attested as required in this section.[ 2016 c 202 § 28; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.08.120.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.010 - Amendment of charter—Initiated by legislative body.

RCW 35A.09.010 Amendment of charter—Initiated by legislative body.The charter of a charter code city may be amended by proposals therefor submitted by resolution of the legislative authority of such city to the electors thereof at any general election, after publication of such proposed charter amendment in the manner provided in chapter 35A.08 RCW for publication of a proposed charter, and upon notice of election as provided by law. If such proposed charter amendment is ratified by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon it shall become a part of the charter organic law governing such charter code city.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.010.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.020 - Petition for submission of charter amendment.

RCW 35A.09.020 Petition for submission of charter amendment.Upon the filing with the county auditor of a sufficient petition signed by registered voters of a charter code city, in number equal to at least ten percent of the votes cast at the last general municipal election, seeking the adoption of a specified charter amendment set forth in the petition, providing for any matter within the realm of local affairs, or municipal business, or structure of municipal government, offices, and departments, said amendment shall be submitted to the voters at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days, or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days, nor more than one hundred and eighty days after the filing of the certificate of sufficiency of the petition. The proposed charter amendment shall be published as provided in RCW 35A.09.050. Upon approval by a majority of the registered voters voting thereon, such amendment shall become a part of the charter organic law governing such charter code city.[ 1990 c 259 § 8; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.020.]NOTES:Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.030 - New or revised charter—Petition—Charter commission.

RCW 35A.09.030 New or revised charter—Petition—Charter commission.On the petition of a number of qualified electors of a charter code city equal to ten percent of the total votes cast at the last preceding municipal general election, the legislative body of such charter code city shall, or without such petition, may, by resolution, cause an election to be held for the election of a charter commission of fifteen freeholders for the purpose of preparing a new or revised charter for the city by altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing charter including all amendments thereto. The members of the charter commission shall be qualified and nominated as provided by chapter 35A.08 RCW. At such election the proposition of whether or not a charter commission shall be created at all shall be separately stated on the ballots and unless a majority of the votes cast upon that proposition favor it, no further steps shall be taken in the proceedings.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.030.]NOTES:Sufficiency of petition in code city: RCW 35A.01.040.
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.040 - Submission of new or revised charter—Election.

RCW 35A.09.040 Submission of new or revised charter—Election.Within ten days after the results of the election authorized by RCW 35A.09.030 have been determined, if a majority of the votes cast favor the proposition, the members of the charter commission elected thereat shall convene and prepare a new or revised charter by altering, revising, adding to, or repealing the existing charter including all amendments thereto and within one hundred and eighty days thereafter file it with the county auditor. The charter commission shall be organized, vacancies filled, alternative plans of government considered, and a public hearing held all in the manner provided in sections of chapter 35A.08 RCW relating to charter commissions, and the commission members shall be reimbursed for their expenses and may obtain technical and clerical assistance in the manner provided in chapter 35A.08 RCW. Upon the filing of the proposed new, altered, changed, or revised charter with the county auditor, it shall be submitted to the registered voters of the charter code city at an election conducted as provided in RCW 35A.09.060.[ 1990 c 259 § 9; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.040.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.050 - Publication of proposed charter.

RCW 35A.09.050 Publication of proposed charter.The proposed new, altered, or revised charter shall be published in the newspaper having the largest general circulation within the city at least once each week for four weeks next preceding the day of submitting the same to the electors for their approval.[ 1985 c 469 § 41; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.050.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.060 - Conduct of elections.

RCW 35A.09.060 Conduct of elections.The election of the charter commission and the election upon the proposition of adopting the proposed new, altered, or revised charter, may be general or special elections held within the corresponding time period specified in chapter 35A.08 RCW, and except as herein provided, said elections, the notice specifying the objects thereof, the returns, the canvassing, and the declaration of the result shall be governed by the laws regulating and controlling elections in the charter code city.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.060.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.09.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.09 - Amendment or Revision of Charters of Charter Code Cities.|35A.09.070 - Effect of favorable vote.

RCW 35A.09.070 Effect of favorable vote.If a majority of the voters voting upon the adoption of the proposed new, altered, or revised charter favor it, it shall become the charter of the charter code city and the organic law thereof, superseding any existing charter; but if any offices are abolished or dispensed with by the new, altered, or revised charter, and any new offices created thereby, such charter shall not go into effect until the election and qualification of such new officers at the next general municipal election if one is to be held within one hundred and eighty days, or at a special election to be held for that purpose not less than ninety days, nor more than one hundred and eighty days after approval of such charter by the voters.[ 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.09.070.]
WA Rev Code § 35A.10.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 35A - Optional Municipal Code|Chapter 35A.10 - Adoption and Abandonment of Charter Code City Classification.|35A.10.010 - Laws applicable to charter code cities.

RCW 35A.10.010 Laws applicable to charter code cities.The classifications of municipalities which existed prior to the time this title goes into effect—first-class cities, second-class cities, unclassified cities, and towns—and the restrictions, limitations, duties and obligations specifically imposed by law upon such classes of cities and towns, shall have no application to charter code cities, but every charter code city, by adopting such classification, has elected to be governed by its charter and by the provisions of this title, with the powers thereby granted.[ 1994 c 81 § 70; 1967 ex.s. c 119 § 35A.10.010.]