CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5674



60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 16, 2007
  YEAS 46   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 30, 2007
  YEAS 90   NAYS 4


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5674 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5674
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Fairley and Kline)

READ FIRST TIME 02/12/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to water district commissioner candidates; and adding a new section to chapter 57.12 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 29A.24 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 57.12 RCW to read as follows:
     If the district has fewer than one hundred residents, and if the filing period is reopened for a district commissioner under RCW 29A.24.171 or 29A.24.181 due to a void in candidacy, any person who is a qualified elector of the state of Washington and who holds title or evidence of title to land in the district may file as a candidate for and serve as a district commissioner.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 29A.24 RCW to read as follows:
     A void in candidacy in a water-sewer district with fewer than one hundred residents may be filled in accordance with section 1 of this act.

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