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                                    HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4422

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                        1987 First Special Session

By Representatives McMullen and Brough

Read first time 5/17/87.

WHEREAS, Article II, section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Washington provides for convening of special legislative sessions of not more than 30 days by resolution of the legislature upon two-thirds vote of the members of each house of the legislature; and

          WHEREAS, The Constitution provides that such resolution may be voted upon and executed during any interim between legislative sessions in accordance with such procedures as the legislature may provide by law or resolution;

          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring, That the following procedures are adopted under authority of Article II, section 12 of the Constitution for convening by the legislature of any special session during the interim:

          (1) A resolution calling for convening a special session of the legislature shall set forth the date and time for convening the session, the duration of the session which shall not exceed 30 days, together with the purpose or purposes for which such session is called.  Members of the House or Senate may present a proposed resolution convening a special session to the Committee on Rules of their respective houses.

          (2) The authority to place a resolution convening a special session before the legislature is vested both in the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules of the Senate.

          (3) Upon the majority vote of both the Committee on Rules of the House and the Committee on Rules of the Senate in favor of a resolution convening a special legislative session, each appropriate Committee on Rules shall immediately notify the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, and a vote of the House and Senate shall be taken on such resolution.

          (4) The Chief Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate shall conduct the vote on the resolution convening a special legislative session by written ballot of the members of their respective houses under such procedures as may be ordered by the Committee on Rules which calls for the vote.  The results of such vote shall be transmitted to the members of the Legislature and shall be a public record and shall be entered upon the journal of the House and Senate at the convening of the next legislative session.

          (5) If two-thirds of the members elected or appointed to each house vote in favor of the resolution, then a special legislative session shall be convened in accordance with the resolution, and the Chief Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate are authorized to make preparations for the special legislative session.

                                                                                                                       Adopted by the House May 17, 1987.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

                                                                                                                       Adopted by the Senate May 18, 1987.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.