BILL REQ. #:  S-1026.3 



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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8209
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State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Senators Baumgartner and Kohl-Welles

Read first time 02/08/13.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education.



     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 . . .. It is the second highest duty of the state to make ample provision for the support of public institutions of higher education.


     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.

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