BAC SP State Governance Of Special Purpose Districts (ports) And FAA Preeminence 0001

1. Consistent with our “background” discussion at latest Airport Committee meeting. City of Burien Airport Committee - Special Purpose Districts • in 1911, legislation enabling port districts were authorized with wide-ranging powers. • There are 53 categories of special purpose districts, including ports, in the State. • As of 1988, Washington State had more special purpose districts than any other state in the US. • Special purpose districts have unique powers and with one exception--Sound Transit--directly- elected governing boards. .W 2. 1988 Local Governance/ornmission experience. / City of Burien Airport Committee 2 Powers of Port Districts Title 53 RCW (enabled in 1911) economic development • Formation: 1 or 3 • Dissolution: 3 or via petition bY port conlrnlsslon 3. HB 1999; passed from House State Government Committee on Friday, Feb. 17 by deadline and in Rules Cornrnittee. Leave a comment at www.leg.wa.gov; sponsors will use your support to move from Rules Committee to floor for final passage. Easy to keep updated by status system. Powers of Industrial Development Districts (Ports) RCW 53.25.100 All port districts wherein industrial development districts have been 9stablished ?T authorized aIId FJnpowered te acquire b; purchase or condemnation or both, all lands, propertY and propertY rjghts nec9ssary fot tlhF p,urpqse Of th; develbBment and irnprovement of such industrial development district and to ?x9rci.se the right of. eTlinen! domain in'{he acquirernent or damaging of all lands, property and property rights and the levYing.and colje.ctingrof ;;’s;;sments upc)I property for the pa;ment of all d'amages and compensation in carrYing…
V V