HB 1669-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that, whenever state officers or measures are voted upon at a state primary or general election held in an even-numbered year under RCW 29.13.010, the state of Washington shall assume a prorated share of the costs of the primary or election according to the following schedule: (1) 2004, twenty-five percent;

(2) 2006, fifty percent;

(3) 2008, seventy-five percent; and

(4) 2010 and thereafter, one hundred percent.