Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 57.28.090 (2026)
Election on withdrawal
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If the findings of any county legislative authority answer any of the questions of fact set forth in RCW 57.28.050 in the negative, or if any of the findings of the county legislative authority are not the same as the findings of the district board of commissioners upon the same question, then in either of such events, the petition for withdrawal shall be deemed denied. Thereupon, and in such event, the county legislative authority of each county in which the district is located shall by resolution cause a special election to be held not less than thirty days or more than sixty days from the date of the final hearing of any county legislative authority upon the petition for withdrawal, at which election the proposition expressed on the ballots shall be substantially as follows:
"Shall the territory established and defined by the district board of commissioners at its meeting held on the . . . . . . (insert date of final hearing of district board of commissioners upon the petition for withdrawal) be withdrawn from district . . . . . . (naming it).
YES □ | NO □" |
Notes:
Part headings not law—Effective date—1996 c 230: See notes following RCW 57.02.001.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Ronald Wastewater Dist., Res. v. Olympic View Water & Sewer Dist., Apps. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019).
Ronald Wastewater Dist., Res. v. Olympic View Water & Sewer Dist., Apps. (Wash. Ct. App. 2019). “080 (1941) (providing for hearing before county legislative authority); former RCW 57.28.090 (1982) (providing for special election if petition is denied).”
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