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HOUSE BILL 1593
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Anderson, McLean, R. Fisher, Forner, Winsley, Pruitt and Horn; by request of Secretary of State.
Read first time February 4, 1991. Referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to charges for space in the candidates' pamphlet; and amending RCW 29.80.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29.80.050 and 1971 ex.s. c 145 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Nominees shall pay for their prorated space in the candidates' pamphlet allocated according to the respective offices sought as follows:
(1) For United States senator, United States representative and governor, each shall pay two hundred dollars. The nominees for each position shall equally share no less than two full pages.
(2) For all state offices voted upon throughout the state, except for that of governor, each shall pay one hundred dollars. The nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one full page.
(3) For state senator, judge of the court of appeals and judge of the superior court, each shall pay fifty dollars. The nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one full page.
(4) For state representative, each shall pay twenty-five dollars. The nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one-half page.
((All
such payments shall be made to the secretary of state when the statement is
offered to him for filing and be transmitted by him to the public printer to be
used as a credit offset to the cost of printing the candidates' and voters'
pamphlet.)) The secretary of state shall bill each candidate nominated
for the candidate's prorated space in the candidates' pamphlet. All such
payments shall be made directly to the secretary of state upon receipt of
billing.
Nominees for president and vice-president of each political party certified by the secretary of state shall together be entitled to one page without charge. Each such page so allocated shall not contain more than five hundred words in addition to the pictures of the nominees concerned.