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Wash. Rev. Code § 35.17.240 (2026)

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Upon the filing of a referendum petition praying therefor, the commission shall reconsider an ordinance subject to referendum and upon reconsideration shall defeat it in its entirety or shall submit it to a vote of the people. The operation of an ordinance so protested against shall be suspended until the referendum petition is finally found insufficient or until the ordinance protested against has received a majority of the votes cast thereon at the election.
[ 1965 c 7 s 35.17.240. Prior: 1911 c 116 s 22, part; RRS s 9111, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2006–2019 · leading case: City of Sequim v. Malkasian, 138 P.3d 943 (Wash. 2006).
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City of Sequim v. Malkasian, 138 P.3d 943 (Wash. 2006). “100, referring to commission city power under RCW 35.17.240 through .360). Any person may propose a city ordinance by initiative petition.”
State v. Evergreen Freedom Found., 432 P.3d 805 (Wash. 2019). “See also RCW 35.17.240 -.360 (authorizing cities using the commission form of government to adopt the initiative and referendum processes); RCW 35A.”
Respect Washington v. Burien Communities For Inclusion (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “005 by deviating from the requirements for the contents and form of a petition, as set forth in RCW 35.17.240 through 35.17.360; 2. Defendants King County Elections, Julie Wise, King County Director of Elections, and all agents of King County Elections are prohibited from…”
Seatac Comm. For Good Jobs v. Bf Foods, Llc (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). “4 Although the federal constitution does not guarantee the right to an initiative, once a state creates an initiative procedure, the state may not place restrictions on the exercise of the initiative that unduly burden First Amendment rights.”
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