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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5755

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions (originally sponsored by Senator Kreidler)

Read first time 3/5/87.

AN ACT Relating to securities enforcement; and amending RCW 21.20.410.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 41, chapter 282, Laws of 1959 as amended by section 29, chapter 68, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 21.20.410 are each amended to read as follows:

          The director may refer such evidence as may be available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule or order hereunder to the attorney general or the proper prosecuting attorney, who may in his or her discretion, with or without such a reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under this chapter.  The director and his or her deputies, assistants, or employees may, upon request of the prosecuting attorney, assist the prosecuting attorney in presenting the law or facts at the trial.