H-0153.2/91 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1210
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Ferguson, Beck, Winsley, Hochstatter, Broback, Fuhrman, Moyer, Paris, D. Sommers, Morton, Wilson, Nealey and Betrozoff.
Read first time January 23, 1991. Referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to limiting the terms of elective officials; amending RCW 43.01.010 and 44.04.021; adding a new section to chapter 29.68 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 43.01.010 and 1965 c 8 s 43.01.010 are each amended to read as follows:
The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, treasurer, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, commissioner of public lands, and insurance commissioner, shall hold office for the term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and the term shall commence on the Wednesday after the second Monday of January following their election. Beginning on the effective date of this act, no person may be elected to any one of these offices more than three times consecutively, and no person who held any of one of these offices by succession or appointment for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected, shall be elected to the same office more than twice consecutively.
Sec. 2. RCW 44.04.021 and 1987 c 13 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The regular term of office of each senator and representative shall commence on the second Monday in January following the date of election. Beginning on the effective date of this act, no person may be elected to the senate more than three times consecutively, and no person who held the position of senator for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected, shall be elected to the senate more than twice consecutively. No person may be elected to the house of representatives more than six times consecutively, and no person who held the position of representative for more than one year of a term to which some other person was elected, shall be elected to the house of representatives more than five times consecutively.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 29.68 RCW to read as follows:
Beginning on the effective date of this act, no person may be elected to the United States senate from this state more than two times consecutively, and no person who held the position of United States senator for more than three years of a term to which some other person was elected, shall be elected to the United States senate from this state more than once. No person may be elected to the United States house of representatives from this state more than six times, and no person who held the position of United States representative for more than one year of a term to which some other person was elected, shall be elected to the Unites States house of representatives from this state more than five times.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. It is the intent of the legislature that any service in office by incumbents, successors, and appointees before the effective date of this act shall not be used to determine eligibility to hold office under sections 1 through 3 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. 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.