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                                           ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 1189

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Basich, S. Wilson, Vekich, Dorn, K. Wilson, Heavey, Baugher, Crane, Gallagher, Jones, Jacobsen, Sayan, O'Brien, Betrozoff, Bristow, Belcher, Winsley, Dellwo, May, R. Meyers, Kremen, Brumsickle, Prince, Leonard, Anderson, Spanel, Zellinsky, Rasmussen, Ballard, Raiter, Prentice, Hine, Jesernig, P. King, R. King, Todd, G. Fisher, Haugen, Fuhrman, Wang, Van Luven, Moyer, Beck, H. Myers, Brekke, McLean, Phillips, Silver, Inslee, Rector, Brough, Cooper, Miller, Ebersole and Wineberry

Read first time 1/18/89 and referred to Committee on State Government. Referred 2/24/89 to Committee on Capital Facilities & Financing.

AN ACT Relating to a veterans' memorial; and adding new sections to chapter 40.14 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:

          The director of the department of veterans affairs shall coordinate the design, construction, and placement of a memorial within the state capitol grounds honoring Washington state residents who died or are "missing-in-action" in the Korean conflict.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:

          The director of the department of veterans affairs or the director's designee shall chair an advisory committee composed of seven members to include the director of the department of veterans affairs or the director's designee, the secretary of state or the secretary's designee, the director of the department of general administration or the director's designee, and two members who are representatives of state veterans' organizations and who served in the Korean conflict, one appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one appointed by the president of the senate.  In addition, two members who served in the Korean conflict will be appointed by the director of the department of veterans affairs.  The advisory committee and the state capitol committee shall approve the design and placement of the memorial before construction begins.