Opinion
No. 74130-1.
September 19, 2003.
ORDER
This matter is before this court on an appeal from a King County Superior Court order finding King County Proposed Initiative Measure 18 to be outside the scope of the initiative power under the King County Charter. By ruling entered July 24, 2003, this court's commissioner granted accelerated review and, under RAP 8.3, directed the County to `take whatever steps it may reasonably take to preserve the possibility of submitting the measure to the voters on the November ballot.' The commissioner's ruling also provided that `[t]his obligation will apply only until September 15, 2003, unless extended or otherwise changed by further order of this court.'
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED;
That while the court deliberates, and to insure effective and equitable review, the commissioner's ruling under RAP 8.3 is reinstated, and is extended until December 1, 2003 or the court's decision is earlier filed.