SSB 5499 -
By Senators Schoesler, Jacobsen
ADOPTED 03/11/2005
On page 8, after line 19 of the amendment, insert the following:
"Sec. 5 RCW 29A.24.050 and 2003 c 111 s 605 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
Monday in ((July)) June 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."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.
SSB 5499 -
By Senators Schoesler, Jacobsen
ADOPTED 03/11/2005
On page 22, line 10 of the title amendment, after "29A.04.611," insert "29A.24.050,"
EFFECT: Moves the beginning of the filing period for declaration of candidacy from the fourth Monday in July to the fourth Monday in June.