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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4211

State of Washington
67th Legislature
2022 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Volz, Harris, Stonier, Ryu, Chase, Graham, and Ormsby; by request of State Treasurer
Read first time 01/25/22.Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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 XXIX, section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article XXIX, section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5, and 7 of Article VIII and section 9 of Article XII or any other section or article of the Constitution of the state of Washington, the moneys of any public pension or retirement fund, industrial insurance trust fund, ((or)) fund held in trust for the benefit of persons with developmental disabilities, or fund held in trust for the benefit of persons experiencing persistent poverty, may be invested as authorized 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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