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Committee hears bill letting smaller port districts ask voters to lengthen commissioner terms to six years
Summary
A substitute bill would allow non-countywide port districts and those in counties with fewer than 100,000 people to put a ballot measure before voters to extend port commissioner terms from four to six years; sponsors and port officials said longer, staggered terms improve institutional continuity for long-term capital projects.
The Local Government Committee on Wednesday heard Substitute Senate Bill 5370, which would permit certain port districts to submit a ballot proposition asking voters to increase port commissioner terms from four to six years. Kellen Wright, staff to the committee, briefed the panel on the measure.
The bill applies to port districts that are not countywide or that are countywide in counties with fewer than 100,000 people. Under current law, some port districts already have six-year commissioner terms while others have four; SB 5370 would allow affected districts to place a measure on the ballot—either after the port commission passes a resolution or after voters submit a petition—to lengthen terms if a majority of district voters…
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