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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5354

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Benton, Anderson, Rossi and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/24/97.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Removing the commissioner of public lands and adding the secretary of state to the membership of the capitol committee.

    AN ACT Relating to the capitol committee; and amending RCW 43.34.010 and 43.34.015.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.34.010 and 1979 ex.s. c 57 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:

    The governor or the governor's designee, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the commissioner of public lands, ex officio, shall constitute the state capitol committee.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 43.34.015 and 1965 c 8 s 43.34.015 are each amended to read as follows:

    The commissioner of public lands shall be the secretary of the state capitol committee, but the committee may appoint a suitable person as acting secretary thereof, and fix his or her compensation((:  PROVIDED, That)).  However, all records of the committee shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of public lands.

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