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                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8227

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Conner.

Read first time February 20, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.Allowing the legislature to determine which gubernatorial appointments are subject to senate confirmation.

     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 XIII, section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

      Article XIII, section 1.  Educational, reformatory, and penal institutions; those for the benefit of youth who are blind or deaf or otherwise disabled; for persons who are mentally ill or developmentally disabled; and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and supported by the state, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law.  ((The regents, trustees, or commissioners of all such institutions existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, and of such as shall thereafter be established by law, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with)) State officials appointed by the governor are subject to the advice and consent of the senate((; and upon all nominations made by the governor, the question shall be taken by ayes and noes, and entered upon the journal)) as provided by law.

     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.