2233-S AMH OVER OSBO 031

SHB 2233 - H AMD 917

By Representative Overstreet

FAILED 02/10/2012

    On page 2, beginning on line 37, after "(6)" insert the following:

"(a) If the governor issues a proclamation approving of the proposed retrocession in whole or in part, an election shall be held in the area proposed for retrocession to determine whether the proposed retrocession should occur.

    (b) The election on the question of retrocession shall be held at the next special election date specified in RCW 29A.04.330 that occurs sixty or more days after a public hearing on the retrocession is held in the affected communities. The ballots used in the election on the question of retrocession shall contain the words "In favor of the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over the [insert name of the Indian tribe]" and "Against the state's retrocession of civil and criminal jurisdiction over the [insert name of the Indian tribe]" or equivalent words to accurately describe the retrocession question to be decided.

    (c) The governor may send a proclamation approving retrocession to the federal government only if a majority of the electors in the area proposed for retrocession cast a ballot in favor of retrocession.

    (d) If the vote in favor of retrocession receives forty percent or less of the total vote on the question of retrocession, no new election on the question of retrocession for the area or any portion of the area proposed for retrocession may be held for a period of three years from the date of the election in which retrocession proposition failed.

    (7)"

    Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT: 1) Requires that a retrocession proposal be approved by the voters in the affected area before the Governor may forward a proclamation approving the retrocession to the federal government; and 2) establishes election requirements with respect to a retrocession ballot measure.   

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