CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297

56th Legislature

1999 1^ST Special Session

Passed by the House May 18, 1999

Yeas 96 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate May 18, 1999

Yeas 42 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297

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Passed Legislature - 1999 First Special

State of Washington 56^th Legislature 1999 1^st Special Session

By Representatives H. Sommers, Doumit and Kenney

Prefiled May 14, 1999. Read first time May 17, 1999.

AN ACT Relating to maximum levy amount calculations; adding a new section to 1999 c 309 (uncodified); providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to part V, chapter 309, Laws of 1999 (uncodified) to read as follows:

For purposes of RCW 84.52.0531, the increase per full-time equivalent student in state basic education appropriations provided under chapter 309, Laws of 1999, including appropriations for salary and benefits increases, is 4.0 percent from the 1998-99 school year to the 1999-00 school year, and 3.4 percent from the 1999-00 school year to the 2000-01 school year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 1999.