BILL REQ. #:  H-5033.2 

Read first time 02/08/10.   

     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 IX of the Constitution of the state of Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

     Article IX, section .... Beginning with the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium and thereafter, appropriations for the purposes of basic education, as defined by the legislature, and other K-12 education purposes must be enacted into law before it is in order for either house of the legislature to take executive action on omnibus operating or transportation appropriations legislation.

     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.