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Honorable John Koster State Representative, 39th District P. O. Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504-0600

Dear Representative Koster:

By letter previously acknowledged, you have requested an opinion of this office on a question we have paraphrased as follows:

QUESTION

Where a city annexation by the direct petition method has been initiated and the matter has been referred to the county's boundary review board, may the boundary review board modify the proposal by adding territory that was not described in the annexation petition? If so, may the city complete the annexation using the modified proposal?

BRIEF…