BILL REQ. #: S-4875.1

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6221
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State of Washington

59th Legislature

2006 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Franklin, Kline, Kastama, Keiser, Regala and Jacobsen)

READ FIRST TIME 02/01/06.

AN ACT Relating to use of public funds for political purposes; and amending RCW 42.17.128.

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

Sec. 1 RCW 42.17.128 and 1993 c 2 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:
Public funds, whether derived through taxes, fees, penalties, or any other sources, shall not be used to finance political campaigns for state or local office; except that the legislative authority of a city or county may establish, through adoption of an ordinance or resolution, a program allowing the use of public funds to finance campaigns for local office. The ordinance or resolution must be submitted to, and approved by, a vote of the people at the next general election in the form of a referendum for those local jurisdictions with referendum power, or in the form of an advisory ballot for those local jurisdictions without referendum power.

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