CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5156
52nd Legislature
1991 Regular Session
Passed by the Senate April 22, 1991
Yeas 44 Nays 0
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 19, 1991
Yeas 97 Nays 0
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Approved
Governor of the State of Washington
CERTIFICATE
I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5156 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary
FILED
Secretary of State
State of Washington
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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5156
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators McCaslin, Sutherland, Roach, Matson and Madsen).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to candidate residency requirements; adding a new section to chapter 29.18 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 29.04 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 29.15 RCW; and recodifying RCW 29.18.‑- and 29.04.--.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 29.18 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A person filing a declaration and affidavit of candidacy for an office shall, at the time of filing, possess the qualifications specified by law for persons who may be elected to the office.
(2) The name of a candidate for an office shall not appear on a ballot for that office unless the candidate is, at the time the candidate's declaration and affidavit of candidacy is filed, properly registered to vote in the geographic area represented by the office. For the purposes of this section, each geographic area in which registered voters may cast ballots for an office is represented by that office. If a person elected to an office must be nominated from a district or similar division of the geographic area represented by the office, the name of a candidate for the office shall not appear on a primary ballot for that office unless the candidate is, at the time the candidate's declaration and affidavit of candidacy is filed, properly registered to vote in that district or division. The officer with whom declarations and affidavits of candidacy must be filed under this title shall review each such declaration filed regarding compliance with this subsection.
(3) This section does not apply to the office of a member of the United States congress.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 29.04 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The legislative authority of each county and each city, town, and special purpose district which lies entirely within the county shall provide the county auditor accurate information describing its geographical boundaries and the boundaries of its director, council, or commissioner districts and shall ensure that the information provided to the auditor is kept current.
(2) A city, town, or special purpose district that lies in more than one county shall provide the secretary of state accurate information describing its geographical boundaries and the boundaries of its director, council, or commissioner districts and shall ensure that the information provided to the secretary is kept current. The secretary of state shall promptly transmit to each county in which a city, town, or special purpose district is located information regarding the boundaries of that jurisdiction which is provided to the secretary.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each recodified as sections in chapter 29.15 RCW on July 1, 1992.