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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5163
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Winsley, Haugen and Spanel)
Read first time 03/01/95.
AN ACT Relating to candidates filing for election; 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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