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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4241
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives P. Johnson, Hargrove, Bowman, Kremen, May, Sheldon, Brumsickle, D. Sommers, Fuhrman, Edmondson, Brough, Betrozoff, Hochstatter, Moyer, Morton, Horn, Silver, Carlson, Broback, Wynne, Tate, Van Luven, Chandler, Mitchell, Padden, Ferguson, Paris, Beck, Wood, Lisk, Mielke, Wilson, Ballard, McLean and Forner
Read first time 01/27/92. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VIII of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:
Article VIII, section .... (1) The state-funded portion of the omnibus appropriation bill or bills for the biennium, passed by the legislature shall not exceed the cumulative consumer price index as calculated by the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's odd year March forecast.
(2) Passage of the state-funded portion of the omnibus appropriation bill or bills greater than the estimate of the percent change in population plus the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council's forecasted consumer price index for that particular biennium, will require an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds vote by both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The legislature may adopt legislation to implement the provisions specified in this section of the Constitution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.