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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8203
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Senators Eide, Kline, Thibaudeau and Prentice; by request of Board for Judicial Administration
Read first time 01/18/1999. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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 IV, section 17 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article IV, section 17. ((No)) A
person ((shall be)) is not eligible to hold the office of
judge of the supreme court((, or)) unless he or she has been admitted
to the practice of law in the courts of record of this state not less than ten
years prior to taking office. A person is not eligible to hold the office of
judge of the court of appeals unless he or she has been admitted to the
practice of law in the courts of record of this state not less than seven years
prior to taking office. A person is not eligible to hold the office of
judge of a superior court((,)) unless he ((shall have)) or she
has been admitted to the practice of law in the courts of
record of this state((, or of the Territory of Washington)) not less
than five years prior to taking office.
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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