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and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, <br />1995. <br />(2) Sections 10 and 12 of this act are necessary for the <br />immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or <br />support of the state government and its existing public institutions, <br />and shall take effect immediately [June 14, 1995]." [1995 1st sp.s. c <br />14 § 13.1 <br />Severability -1995 c 396: "If any provision of this act or its <br />application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the <br />remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other <br />persons or circumstances is not affected." [1995 c 396 § 19.] <br />RCW 36.100.020 Governance—Board of directors. (1)(a) A public <br />facilities district must be governed by a board of directors <br />consisting of five, seven, or nine members as provided in this <br />section. <br />(b) If the largest city in the county has a population that is at <br />least forty percent of the total county population, the board of <br />directors of the public facilities district must consist of five <br />members selected as follows: <br />(i) Two members appointed by the county legislative authority to <br />serve for four-year staggered terms; <br />(ii) Two members appointed by the city council of the largest <br />city in the county to serve for four-year staggered terms; and <br />(iii) One person to serve for a four-year term who is selected by <br />the other directors. <br />(c)(i) Except as provided in (c)(ii) of this subsection (1), if <br />the largest city in the county has a population of less than forty <br />percent of the total county population, the county legislative <br />authority must establish in the resolution creating the public <br />facilities district whether the board of directors of the public <br />facilities district has either five or seven members, and the county <br />legislative authority must appoint the members of the board of <br />directors to reflect the interests of cities and towns in the county, <br />as well as the unincorporated area of the county. <br />(ii) However, if the county has a population of one million five <br />hundred thousand or more, the largest city in the county has a <br />population of less than forty percent of the total county population, <br />and the county operates under a county charter, which provides for an <br />elected county executive, the members of the board of directors must <br />be appointed as follows: <br />(A) If the public facilities district is created to construct a <br />baseball stadium as defined in RCW 82.14.0485, three members must be <br />appointed by the governor and the remaining members must be appointed <br />by the county executive subject to confirmation by the county <br />legislative authority. Of the members appointed by the governor, the <br />speaker of the house of representatives and the majority leader of the <br />senate must each recommend to the governor a person to be appointed to <br />the board; and <br />(B) If the public facilities district is created to acquire, own, <br />and operate a convention and trade center, following the expiration of <br />the terms of the initial board of directors, three members must be <br />appointed by the governor, three members must be nominated by the <br />county executive subject to confirmation by the county legislative <br />[ 4 1 <br />