CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8214

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 10, 2000   YEAS 45   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 2000   YEAS 98   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8214 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

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Governor of the State of Washington

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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8214

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Wojahn, McDonald, Loveland and Winsley

Read first time 01/24/2000.  Referred to Committee on Health & Long‑Term Care.

Amending the Constitution to allow certain trust fund moneys to be invested as authorized by 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 XXIX, section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

    Article XXIX, section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 5, and 7 of Article VIII and section 9 of Article XII or any other section or article of the Constitution of the state of Washington, the moneys of any public pension or retirement fund ((or)), industrial insurance trust fund, or fund held in trust for the benefit of persons with developmental disabilities may be invested as authorized by law.

    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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