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HOUSE BILL 2463
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Grant, McLean, H. Myers, Anderson, Bowman, Ogden, Paris and Winsley
Read first time 01/17/92. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to a candidate's withdrawal from a special district election; amending RCW 29.15.120; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29.15.120 and 1990 c 59 s 86 are each amended to read as follows:
A candidate may withdraw his or her declaration of candidacy at any time before the close of business on the Thursday following the last day for candidates to file under RCW 29.15.020 by filing, with the officer with whom the declaration of candidacy was filed, a signed request that his or her name not be printed on the ballot. There shall be no withdrawal period for declarations of candidacy filed during special filing periods held under this title. The filing officer may permit the withdrawal of a filing for the office of precinct committee officer at the request of the candidate at any time if no absentee ballots have been issued for that office and the general election ballots for that precinct have not been printed. The filing officer may permit the withdrawal of a filing for any elected office of a special district at the request of the candidate at any time before a primary if no absentee ballots have been issued for that office and the primary ballots for that special district have not been printed. No filing fee may be refunded to any candidate who withdraws under this section. Notice of the deadline for withdrawal of candidacy and that the filing fee is not refundable shall be given to each candidate at the time he or she files.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1992.