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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4223
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1988 Reg.
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Representatives Nelson, Barnes, Jacobsen and Wang; by request of Washington State Energy Office
Read first time 1/15/88 and referred to Committee on Energy & Utilities.
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 there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VIII, section 10 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article VIII, section
10. Notwithstanding
the provisions of section 7 of this Article, ((until January 1, 1990))
any county, city, town, quasi municipal corporation, municipal corporation, or
political subdivision of the state which is engaged in the sale or distribution
of energy may, as authorized by the legislature, use public moneys or credit
derived from operating revenues from the sale of energy to assist the owners of
((residential)) structures or equipment in financing the
acquisition and installation of materials and equipment for the conservation or
more efficient use of energy in such structures or equipment. Except as
provided in section 7 of this Article, an appropriate charge back shall be made
for such extension of public moneys or credit and the same shall be a lien
against the ((residential)) structure benefited or a security
interest in the equipment benefited. Any financing authorized by this article
shall only be used for conservation purposes in existing structures and shall
not be used for any purpose which results in a conversion from one energy
source to another. ((Except as to contracts entered into prior thereto,
this amendment to the state Constitution shall be null and void as of January
1, 1990 and shall have no further force or effect after that date.))
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.