BILL REQ. #: H-0478.1
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/18/11. 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 XXX, section 1 of the Constitution of the state of Washington
to read as follows:
Article XXX, section 1. The compensation of all elective and
appointive state, county, and municipal officers who do not fix their
own compensation, including judges of courts of record and the justice
courts may be increased during their terms of office to the end that
such officers and judges shall each severally receive compensation for
their services in accordance with the law in effect at the time the
services are being rendered.
The compensation of all elective and appointive state, county, and
municipal officers, including judges of courts of record and the
justice courts, may be decreased during their terms of office to the
end that such officers and judges shall each severally receive
compensation for their services in accordance with the law in effect at
the time the services are being rendered; however such reduction in
compensation may be approved only during a fiscal year in which moneys
may be withdrawn and appropriated from the budget stabilization account
pursuant to section 12(d) of Article VII (Amendment 99).
The provisions of section 25 of Article II (Amendment 35), section
25 of Article III (Amendment 31), section 13 of Article IV, section 8
of Article XI, and section 1 of Article XXVIII (Amendment 20) insofar
as they are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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.