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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8229

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

 

By Senator Hargrove

 

Read first time 02/02/94.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

 

Amending the Constitution to revise the percentage of signatures required on recall petitions.



    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 I, section 34 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

 

    Article I, section 34.  The legislature shall pass the necessary laws to carry out the provisions of section thirty‑three (33) of this article, and to facilitate its operation and effect without delay:  Provided, That the authority hereby conferred upon the legislature shall not be construed to grant to the legislature any exclusive power of lawmaking nor in any way limit the initiative and referendum powers reserved by the people.  The percentages required for recall petitions shall be((,)):  State officers((,)) other than judges, senators, and representatives((, city)); officers of cities ((of the first class,)) and towns; school district boards in cities of the first class; and county officers of counties of the first, second, and third classes, twenty‑five per cent.  Officers of all other political subdivisions, ((cities, towns,)) townships, precincts, and school districts not herein mentioned((,)); and state senators and representatives, thirty‑five per cent.

 

    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.

 


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