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                            HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4232

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Representative Fuhrman

 

Read first time 01/17/92.  Referred to Committee on Capital Facilities & Financing.Funding new state building construction.


     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

     THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VIII, section 9 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

 

 

     Article VIII, section 9.  The legislature is empowered notwithstanding any other provision in this Constitution, to provide for a state building authority in corporate and politic form which may contract with agencies or departments of the state government to construct upon land owned by the state or its agencies, or to be acquired by the state building authority, buildings and appurtenant improvements which such state agencies or departments are hereby empowered to lease at reasonable rental rates from the Washington state building authority for terms up to seventy‑five years with provisions for eventual vesting of title in the state or its agencies. This section shall not be construed as authority to provide buildings through lease or otherwise to nongovernmental entities.  The legislature may authorize the state building authority to borrow funds solely upon its own credit and to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor to be repaid from its revenues and to secure the same by pledging its income or mortgaging its leaseholds.  As of the effective date of this amendment, the state building authority may not issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for new construction to house state agencies.  The provisions of sections 1 and 3 of this article shall not apply to indebtedness incurred pursuant to this section.

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.