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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6368

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen and Winsley)

Read first time 01/27/94.

Permitting earlier filing of declarations of candidacy.

    AN ACT Relating to filing declarations and withdrawals of candidacy; and amending RCW 29.15.020.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 29.15.020 and 1990 c 59 s 81 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except where otherwise provided by this title, declarations of candidacy for the following offices shall be filed during regular business hours with the filing officer no earlier than the ((fourth)) third Monday in July and no later than the following Friday in the year in which the office is scheduled to be voted upon:

    (1) Offices that are scheduled to be voted upon for full terms or both full terms and short terms at, or in conjunction with, a state general election; and

    (2) Offices where a vacancy, other than a short term, exists that has not been filled by election and for which an election to fill the vacancy is required in conjunction with the next state general election.

    This section supersedes all other statutes that provide for a different filing period for these offices.

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