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Memorandum to Rep. Barnes & Rohrbach: Port District Restructuring Proposals

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A January 1979 legislative memorandum from research analyst Jay Holman to Washington state representatives proposes amendments to port district governance laws, including allowing voters to split port districts into separate functional entities and modify how port commissioners are elected. A follow-up note from January 31, 1979 refines the proposal, suggesting that five port commissioners be retained but that three be elected from newly formed sub-districts and two chosen at-large, with changes to take effect at the November 1979 general election.

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Memorandum dated January 26, 1979 from Jay Holman, Research Analyst, to Rep. Barnes and Rep. Rohrbach, proposing legislative language to add to RCW Chapter 53.04 regarding port district restructuring. Proposes allowing county legislative authority to submit ballot propositions separating port district functions into two or more functional classifications and changing the number of port commissioners or their selection method (at-large, commissioner districts, or combination). A follow-up note dated January 31, 1979 addressed to Rep. Rohrbach references RCW 53.12.120, RCW 53.12.035, and RCW 53.12.130, proposing changes for the 1979 November general election: maintaining five port commissioners with three chosen from newly formed port districts (each consisting of three council districts in counties with nine council members) and two chosen at-large.

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