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                                  HOUSE BILL 2645

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Basich, Fuhrman, Brumsickle, Rust and Thompson

Read first time 01/16/96.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Setting term limits for state legislators.

     AN ACT Relating to term limits for state legislators; and amending RCW 44.04.015.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 44.04.015 and 1993 c 1 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) No person is eligible to appear on the ballot or file a declaration of candidacy for the house of representatives of the legislature who, by the end of the then current term of office will have served, or but for resignation would have served, as a member of the house of representatives of the legislature during ((six)) eight of the previous ((twelve)) fourteen years.

     (2) No person is eligible to appear on the ballot or file a declaration of candidacy for the senate of the legislature who, by the end of the then current term of office will have served, or but for resignation would have served, as a member of the senate of the legislature during eight of the previous fourteen years.

     (3) No person is eligible to appear on the ballot or file a declaration of candidacy for the legislature who has served as a member of the legislature for fourteen of the previous twenty years.

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