CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1195

Chapter 195, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



ELECTIONS--PRIMARY BALLOT--CANDIDATE NAMES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/10/13

Passed by the House April 28, 2013
  Yeas 94   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 28, 2013
  Yeas 45   Nays 3


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1195 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 10, 2013, 10:45 a.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 10, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1195
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Wylie, Buys, Hunt, Van De Wege, Appleton, Orwall, Ryu, and Jinkins)

READ FIRST TIME 03/01/13.   



     AN ACT Relating to candidate names on the primary ballot; amending RCW 29A.52.220; repealing RCW 29A.52.010 and 29A.52.011; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 29A.52.220 and 2005 c 153 s 10 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No primary may be held for any single position in any ((city, town, district, or district court, as required by RCW 29A.52.210,)) nonpartisan office if, after the last day allowed for candidates to withdraw, there are no more than two candidates filed for the position. The county auditor shall((,)) as soon as possible((,)) notify all the candidates so affected that the office for which they filed will not appear on the primary ballot.
     (2) ((No primary may be held for nonpartisan offices in any first-class city if the city:
     (a) Is a qualifying city that has been certified to participate in the pilot project authorized by RCW 29A.53.020; and
     (b) Is conducting an election using the instant runoff voting method for the pilot project authorized by RCW 29A.53.020.
     (c) This subsection (2) expires July 1, 2013.
     (3))) No primary may be held for the office of commissioner of a park and recreation district or for the office of cemetery district commissioner.
     (((4))) (3) Names of candidates for offices that do not appear on the primary ballot shall be printed upon the general election ballot in the manner specified by RCW 29A.36.131.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 29A.52.010 (Elections to fill unexpired term -- No primary, when) and 2005 c 2 s 13 & 2003 c 111 s 1301; and
     (2) RCW 29A.52.011 (Elections to fill unexpired term--No primary, when) and 2006 c 344 s 14 & 2004 c 271 s 172.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.


         Passed by the House April 28, 2013.
         Passed by the Senate April 28, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 10, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 2013.