HB 1473 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that, if a vacancy occurs in a partisan county office after the general election in a year that the position appears on the ballot and before the start of the next term, the term of the successor may commence once he or she has qualified as defined in RCW 29.01.135 and shall continue through the term for which he or she was elected.

Declares that this act takes effect January 1, 2004, if the proposed amendment to Article II, section 15 of the state Constitution (HJR --) is validly submitted to and is approved and ratified by the voters at a general election held in November 2003. If the proposed amendment is not approved and ratified, this act is void in its entirety.