BILL REQ. #:  H-4259.1 

Read first time 01/14/10.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     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 7 and Article III, section 25 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

     Article II, section 7. No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter in the district for which he or she is chosen. No person elected and serving in the legislature shall hold elected office for a county or city for which he or she receives compensation.

     Article III, section 25. No person, except a citizen of the United States and a qualified elector of this state, shall be eligible to hold any state office. No person elected to any state office shall hold elected office for a county or city for which he or she receives compensation. The compensation for state officers shall not be increased or diminished during the term for which they shall have been elected. The legislature may in its discretion abolish the offices of the lieutenant governor, auditor, and commissioner of public lands.

     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.