CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 6631
Chapter 22, Laws of 1998
55th Legislature
1998 Regular Session
DECLARATIONS OF CANDIDACY FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR CANDIDATES IN JOINT DISTRICTS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98
Passed by the Senate February 14, 1998 YEAS 46 NAYS 0
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate
Passed by the House February 27, 1998 YEAS 94 NAYS 0 |
CERTIFICATE
I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6631 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. |
CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives |
MIKE O'CONNELL Secretary
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Approved March 11, 1998 |
FILED
March 11, 1998 - 4:29 p.m. |
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GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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SENATE BILL 6631
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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By Senators McCaslin and Haugen
Read first time 01/23/98. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to candidate declaration filings in districts comprising more than one county; and amending RCW 29.15.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 29.15.030 and 1990 c 59 s 84 are each amended to read as follows:
Declarations of candidacy shall be filed with the following filing officers:
(1) The secretary of state for declarations of candidacy for state-wide offices, United States senate, and United States house of representatives;
(2) The secretary of state for declarations of candidacy for the state legislature, the court of appeals, and the superior court when voters from a district comprising more than one county vote upon the candidates;
(3) The county auditor for all other offices. For any nonpartisan office, other than judicial offices and school director in joint districts, where voters from a district comprising more than one county vote upon the candidates, a declaration of candidacy shall be filed with the county auditor of the county in which a majority of the registered voters of the district reside. For school directors in joint school districts, the declaration of candidacy shall be filed with the county auditor of the county designated by the state board of education as the county to which the joint school district is considered as belonging under RCW 28A.315.380.
Each official with whom declarations of candidacy are filed under this section, within one business day following the closing of the applicable filing period, shall forward to the public disclosure commission a copy of each declaration of candidacy filed in his office during such filing period or a list containing the name of each candidate who files such a declaration in his office during such filing period together with a precise identification of the position sought by each such candidate and the date on which each such declaration was filed. Such official, within three days following his receipt of any letter withdrawing a person's name as a candidate, shall also forward a copy of such withdrawal letter to the public disclosure commission.
Passed the Senate February 14, 1998.
Passed the House February 27, 1998.
Approved by the Governor March 11, 1998.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 11, 1998.