BILL REQ. #:  S-0446.1 



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SENATE BILL 5556
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State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senators Fraser, Swecker, Rockefeller, Kline, Shin, Franklin, Regala, Pridemore, Weinstein, Poulsen, Kohl-Welles, McAuliffe, Spanel, Keiser, Jacobsen, Berkey, Prentice, Brown, Fairley and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/27/2005.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to repealing statutes; and adding a new section to chapter 29A.72 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 29A.72 RCW to read as follows:
     An initiative or referendum that repeals a statute shall set forth the language being repealed in its entirety. Statutes repealed in violation of this section presumptively violate Article II, section 37 of the Washington state Constitution.

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