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                                 SENATE BILL 5047

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer, McCaslin, Sutherland, L. Smith, Moore, Snyder, Niemi and Wojahn.

Read first time January 17, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.Designating a state tartan.

     AN ACT Relating to a state tartan; and adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 1.20 RCW to read as follows:

     The Washington state tartan is hereby designated.  The tartan shall have a pattern of colors, called a sett, that is made up of a green background with stripes of blue, white, yellow, red, and black.  The secretary of state shall register the tartan with the Scottish Tartan Society, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland.