CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8212



60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 12, 2007
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 10, 2007
  YEAS 83   NAYS 15


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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 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8212 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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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8212
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senators Hargrove, Carrell, Regala and Stevens

Read first time 01/15/2007.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.



     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 the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article II, section 29 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:


     Article II, section 29. ((After the first day of January eighteen hundred and ninety)) The labor of ((convicts)) inmates of this state shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company, or corporation, except as provided by statute, and the legislature shall by law provide for the working of ((convicts)) inmates for the benefit of the state, including the working of inmates in state-run inmate labor programs. Inmate labor programs provided by statute that are operated and managed, in total or in part, by any profit or nonprofit entities shall be operated so that the programs do not unfairly compete with Washington businesses as determined by law.


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

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