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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1747

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives R. Fisher, Belcher, McLean, Winsley, H. Sommers, P. King and Anderson;by request of Secretary of State

Read first time 2/3/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to the candidates' pamphlet; and amending RCW 29.80.050.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 29.80.050, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 3, chapter 145, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 29.80.050 are each amended to read as follows:

          Nominees shall ((pay for their prorated)) be allocated space in the candidates' pamphlet ((allocated)) according to the respective offices sought as follows:

          (1) For United States senator, United States representative, and governor, ((each shall pay two hundred dollars.)) the nominees for each position shall equally share no less than two full pages.

          (2) For all state-wide offices ((voted upon throughout the state)), except for that of governor, ((each shall pay one hundred dollars.)) the nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one full page.

          (3) For state senator, judge of the court of appeals, and judge of the superior court, ((each shall pay fifty dollars.)) the nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one full page.

          (4) For state representative, ((each shall pay twenty-five dollars.)) the nominees for each position shall equally share no less than one-half page.

          ((All such payments shall be made to the secretary of state when the statement is offered to him for filing and be transmitted by him to the public printer to be used as a credit offset to the cost of printing the candidates' and voters' pamphlet.))

(5) Nominees for president and vice president of each political party certified by the secretary of state shall together be entitled to one full page ((without charge)).  Each such page ((so allocated)) shall ((not)) contain ((more than)) a statement not exceeding five hundred words in addition to the pictures of the nominees concerned.