CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5117



62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 1, 2011
  YEAS 46   NAYS 1


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 5, 2011
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5117 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5117
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Ranker, Stevens, and Shin

Read first time 01/14/11.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to the population restrictions for a geographic area to qualify as a rural public hospital district; and amending RCW 70.44.460.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 70.44.460 and 1992 c 161 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definition in this section applies throughout RCW 70.44.450.
     "Rural public hospital district" means a public hospital district authorized under chapter 70.44 RCW whose geographic boundaries do not include a city with a population greater than ((thirty)) fifty thousand.

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