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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8217

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin, Hargrove, Haugen, Deccio, Horn, Zarelli, Heavey, Roach and Swecker

Read first time 02/14/98.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Amending the Constitution to provide that matters relating to the definition of the practice of law are the exclusive province of the legislature.

    BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

    THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article II of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

    Article II, section . . ..  All matters relating to the definition of the practice of law are the exclusive province of the legislature.

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.

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