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                                         HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4231

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher and Pruitt;by request of Secretary of State

Read first time 1/27/88 and referred to Committee on Constitution, Elections & Ethics.

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 XIII, section 1 of the state Constitution to read as follows:

Article XIII, section 1.         Educational, reformatory, and penal institutions; ((those)) facilities for the benefit of persons who are blind, deaf, ((dumb, or otherwise defective youth; for the insane or idiotic)) or have other sensory or mental disabilities; and such other institutions as the public good may require, shall be fostered and supported by the state, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law.  The regents, trustees, or commissioners of all such institutions existing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, and of such as shall thereafter be established by law, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; and upon all nominations made by the governor, the question shall be taken by ayes and noes, and entered upon the journal.

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.