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                          HOUSE BILL 2117

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Schmidt, Scott, Blanton, Thompson and Costa

Read first time 01/08/96.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Advancing the cutoff for candidacy filings.

    AN ACT Relating to filing declarations of candidacy; and amending RCW 29.15.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 29.15.020 and 1990 c 59 s 81 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except where otherwise provided by this title, declarations of candidacy for the following offices shall be filed during regular business hours with the filing officer no earlier than the ((fourth)) second Monday in July and no later than the following Friday in the year in which the office is scheduled to be voted upon:

    (1) Offices that are scheduled to be voted upon for full terms or both full terms and short terms at, or in conjunction with, a state general election; and

    (2) Offices where a vacancy, other than a short term, exists that has not been filled by election and for which an election to fill the vacancy is required in conjunction with the next state general election.

    This section supersedes all other statutes that provide for a different filing period for these offices.

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