(4) At the time when the returns of the general election shall be canvassed by the commissioners of the port district, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to canvass the vote upon the proposition so submitted, recording in their record the result of the canvass.
(5) Should a majority of the registered voters of the port district voting at the general port election vote in favor of the proposition it shall be the duty of the port commissioners to certify the fact to the auditor of the county in which the port district shall be situated and to the secretary of state of the state of Washington, under the seal of the port district. On and after the filing of the certificate with the county auditor as aforesaid and with the secretary of state of the state of Washington, the corporate name of the port district shall be changed, and thenceforth the port district shall be known and designated in accordance therewith. [1990 c 259 §18: 1929 c 140 §1; RRS §9689-1.]
53.04.120 Transfer of port district property to adjacent district - Procedure - Boundary changes - Jurisdiction.
Property may be acquired and owned by any port district, at least one boundary of which property is contiguous to or within one-quarter air mile of such port district and is also located in an adjacent port district, and such property may be transferred to the owning port district upon unanimous resolution of the boards of commissioners of both port districts authorizing the same. The resolution of the port district within which such property is located shall be a resolution to permit the acquisition and to make the transfer, while the resolution of the port district which owns the property shall be a resolution to acquire and own the property and to accept the transferred property. Upon the filing of both official resolutions with the legislative authority and the auditor of the county or counties within which such port districts lie, together with maps showing in reasonable detail the boundary changes made, such acquisition and ownership shall be lawful and such transfer shall be effective and the commissioners of the port district acquiring, owning and receiving such property shall have jurisdiction over the whole of said enlarged port district to the same extent, and with like power and authority, as though the additional territory had been owned by and originally embraced within the boundaries of the port district. [1979 c 72 §1; 1977 ex.s. c 91 §1.]
NOTES:
Validity - Ratification 1979 c 72: "Any purchase or other acquisition of such property by any port district which occurred prior to the enactment of this 1979 amendatory act is hereby confirmed and ratified and shall not be deemed to have been ultra vires." [1979 c 72 §2.] This applies to the 1979 amendments to RCW 53.04.120 and 53.32.050. The effective date of 1979 c 72 is March 21. 1979. Severability - 1979 c 72: "If any provision of this 1979 amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1979 c 72 §4.]
Chapter 53.06 RCW
COORDINATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS AND OPERATIONS
Sections
53.06.010 Declaration of necessity.
53.06.020 Actions required of commissions - Joint reports to governor and legislature.
53.06.030 Washington public ports association as coordinating agency Purposes, powers, and duties.
53.06.040 Dues and assessments may be paid association from district funds - Limitation on amount.
53.06.050 Further action by commissions authorized - Meetings.
53.06.060 Financial records of association subject to audit by state auditor.
53.06.070 Federation of Washington ports authorized - Purposes.
53.06.010 Declaration of necessity.
The necessity and desirability of coordinating the administration programs and operations of all the port districts in this state is recognized and declared as a mater of legislative determination. [1961 c 31 §1.]
53.06.020 Actions required of commissions - Joint reports to governor and legislature.
It shall be the duty of the port district commissions in the state to take such action to effect the coordination of the administrative programs and operations of each port district in the state and to submit to the governor and the legislature biennially a joint report or joint reports containing the recommendations for procedural changes which would increase the efficiency of the respective port districts. [1994 c 75 §1; 1989 c 425 §3; 1961 c 31 §2.]
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Findings -Severability - 1989 c 425: See notes following RCW 53.06.070.
53.06.030 Washington public ports association as coordinating agency - Purposes, powers, and duties.
The port district commissions in this state are empowered to designate the Washington public ports association as a coordinating agency through which the duties imposed by RCW 53.06.020 may be performed, harmonized or correlated. The purposes of the Washington public ports association shall be:
(1) To initiate and carry on the necessary studies, investigations and surveys required for the proper development and improvement of the commerce and business generally common to all port districts, and to assemble and analyze the data thus obtained and to cooperate with the state of Washington, port districts both within and without the state of Washington, and other operators of terminal and transportation facilities for this purpose, and to make such expenditures as are necessary for these purposes. including the proper promotion and advertising of all such properties, utilities and facilities;
(2) To establish coordinating and joint marketing bodies comprised of association members, including but not limited to establishment of a federation of Washington ports as described
