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.
RCW 35.17.240
Legislative—Referendum—Filing suspends ordinance.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case City of Sequim v. Malkasian (2006)
Most recently applied in City of Sequim v. Malkasian (July 2006)
1965 c 7 s 35.17.240
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.