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                          HOUSE BILL 1270

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Delvin, O'Brien, Robertson, Scott, McDonald, Bush and Wensman

Read first time 01/21/97.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Specifying when the medal of honor ceremony is to be held and making an appropriation.

    AN ACT Relating to awarding the state law enforcement medal of honor; amending RCW 41.72.030; and making an appropriation.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 41.72.030 and 1994 c 89 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    The state law enforcement medal of honor shall be awarded to recipients ((during the national law enforcement recognition week)) any day of the month of May as determined by the state law enforcement medal of honor committee.  The governor may delegate the awarding of the medal to the lieutenant governor or the attorney general.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1998, from the general fund to the state law enforcement medal of honor committee for the purposes of recognizing qualified law enforcement officers as provided by chapter 41.72 RCW.

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