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                         SENATE BILL 5088

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Rasmussen, Winsley, T. Sheldon, Patterson, Carlson and McCaslin

Read first time 01/10/2001.  Referred to Committee on State & Local Government.

Making the office of sheriff nonpartisan.

    AN ACT Relating to nonpartisan sheriffs; and amending RCW 29.18.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 29.18.010 and 1990 c 59 s 78 are each amended to read as follows:

    Candidates for the following offices shall be nominated at partisan primaries held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter:

    (1) Congressional offices;

    (2) All state offices except (a) judicial offices and (b) the office of superintendent of public instruction;

    (3) All county offices except (a) judicial offices and sheriff and (b) those offices where a county home rule charter provides otherwise.

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