Washington Administrative Code › Title 417 - Redistricting Commission › Chapter 417-01 - Administrative procedures › Section 417-01-155 - Conduct of commission business

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Three voting
			 members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of
			 business.
(2) The votes of any
			 three of the commissioners shall be required for any official action of the
			 commission: Provided, That the executive director shall have the authority on
			 behalf of the commission to execute contracts and leases, and approve
			 expenditures and reimbursements, related to the business of the commission. The
			 executive director may, without the prior approval of the commission, authorize
			 expenditures not to exceed $30,000. Expenditures made pursuant to this section
			 shall be reported as a separate item on the agenda at the next commission
			 meeting.
(3) The chair shall not
			 have a vote at any meeting of the commission.
(4) Commission meetings shall be conducted in
			 accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (chapter 42.30 RCW).
(5) The commission shall not adopt any
			 redistricting plan, or partial redistricting plan, except at a public meeting,
			 notice of which has been given in accordance with these rules.
(6) The commission shall not take any action
			 by secret ballot.
(7) Motions shall
			 not require a second in order to be placed before the commission for a
			 vote.
(8) All public meetings of
			 the commission shall be electronically recorded. The minutes and tapes thereof
			 shall be available to the public in accordance with the rules regarding access
			 to public records held by the commission. At all meetings of the commission
			 where public testimony regarding redistricting boundaries is a scheduled agenda
			 item, the commission shall provide for the presence of a court reporter to
			 record such testimony. A typewritten transcript of such testimony shall be
			 prepared as soon as possible after such hearings and shall be made available to
			 the public in accordance with the rules regarding access to public records held
			 by the commission. The transcript of a court reporter prepared pursuant to this
			 section shall become part of the official records of the commission.
(9) Except as provided in this section, the
			 chair shall preside at all meetings. In the event of the chair's absence the
			 commission shall select from among the voting members a temporary chair to
			 preside in the chair's absence. The position of temporary chair shall alternate
			 between a member of the two parties represented on the commission.
(10) The commission may not convene a public
			 meeting and then recess to enable members to deliberate among themselves,
			 except for those matters permitted under
			 RCW
			  42.30.110 for executive session.
(11) The commission may not vote on the
			 adoption of a final re-districting plan in private. The commission may not
			 negotiate an agreed-upon framework for a final redistricting plan in
			 private.
(12) Before the commission
			 considers any motion to approve a final redistricting plan, the commission
			 shall make publicly available the plan that is the subject of the motion,
			 including of the congressional and legislative district maps that depict the
			 boundaries contemplated by the motion.
(13) Any final redistricting plan approved in
			 conformance with Article II, section 43(6) of the state Constitution shall
			 include, at the time of any vote to approve the plan, completed final maps
			 showing the division of the state into congressional or legislative districts
			 and complete descriptions of each district using official census units such as
			 tracts and blocks.
(14) The
			 commission shall open for comment by members any motion to approve a final
			 redistricting plan prior to voting on the motion.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(2). 11-15-010,
				  §
										417-01-155, filed 7/7/11,
				  effective 8/7/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   44.05.080(1). 01-13-123,
				  §
										417-01-155, filed 6/20/01,
				  effective 7/9/01; 91-20-006, §
										417-01-155, filed 9/19/91,
				  effective 10/20/91.