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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3075

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Halsan, Newhouse, Talmadge and Moore

Read first time 1/16/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to declaratory judgments; making technical corrections to the Washington Trust Act of 1984; reenacting RCW 7.24.050; repealing RCW 7.24.040; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The purpose of this act is to make technical corrections to chapter 149, Laws of 1984, and to ensure that the changes made in that chapter meet the constitutional requirements of Article II, section 19 of the state Constitution.

        Sec. 2.  Section 5, chapter 113, Laws of 1935 as amended by section 3, chapter 149, Laws of 1984 and RCW 7.24.050 are each reenacted to read as follows:

          The enumeration in RCW 7.24.020 and 7.24.030 does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in RCW 7.24.010, in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  Section 4, chapter 113, Laws of 1935 and RCW 7.24.040 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.