| Passed by the House April 22, 2003 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 17, 2003 Yeas 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4206 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/28/2003. Referred to Committee on State Government.
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, section 15 of the Constitution of the state of Washington
to read as follows:
Article II, section 15. Such vacancies as may occur in either
house of the legislature or in any partisan county elective office
shall be filled by appointment by the ((board of)) county
((commissioners)) legislative authority of the county in which the
vacancy occurs: Provided, That the person appointed to fill the
vacancy must be from the same legislative district, county, or county
commissioner or council district and the same political party as the
legislator or partisan county elective officer whose office has been
vacated, and shall be one of three persons who shall be nominated by
the county central committee of that party, and in case a majority of
((said)) the members of the county ((commissioners)) legislative
authority do not agree upon the appointment within sixty days after the
vacancy occurs, the governor shall within thirty days thereafter, and
from the list of nominees provided for herein, appoint a person who
shall be from the same legislative district, county, or county
commissioner or council district and of the same political party as the
legislator or partisan county elective officer whose office has been
vacated, and the person so appointed shall hold office until his or her
successor is elected at the next general election, and ((shall have))
has qualified: Provided, That in case of a vacancy occurring after the
general election in a year that the office appears on the ballot and
before the start of the next term, the term of the successor who is of
the same party as the incumbent may commence once he or she has
qualified and shall continue through the term for which he or she was
elected: Provided, That in case of a vacancy occurring in the office
of joint senator, or joint representative, the vacancy shall be filled
from a list of three nominees selected by the state central committee,
by appointment by the joint action of the boards of county
((commissioners)) legislative authorities of the counties composing the
joint senatorial or joint representative district, the person appointed
to fill the vacancy must be from the same legislative district and of
the same political party as the legislator whose office has been
vacated, and in case a majority of ((said)) the members of the county
((commissioners)) legislative authority do not agree upon the
appointment within sixty days after the vacancy occurs, the governor
shall within thirty days thereafter, and from the list of nominees
provided for herein, appoint a person who shall be from the same
legislative district and of the same political party as the legislator
whose office has been vacated.
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.