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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2213

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives S. Wilson, R. Fisher, McLean, Anderson, Sayan, Silver, O'Brien, Morris, Ballard, Rector, Haugen, Prince, Holland, Scott, May, R. Meyers, Brough, Gallagher, Miller, Crane, Tate, Bowman, Wolfe and Smith

Read first time 3/14/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to signature requirements for initiatives and referendums; and amending RCW 29.79.120.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 29.79.120, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 12, chapter 116, Laws of 1982 and RCW 29.79.120 are each amended to read as follows:

          When the person proposing any initiative measure has secured upon such initiative petition a number of signatures of legal voters equal to or exceeding eight percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election prior to the submission of the signatures for verification, or when the person or organization demanding any referendum of an act of the legislature or any part thereof has secured upon any such referendum petition a number of signatures of legal voters equal to or exceeding four percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election prior to the submission of the signatures for verification, he, she, or they may submit the petition to the secretary of state for filing:  PROVIDED, That a pro rata share of the necessary minimum number of signatures has been obtained in each congressional district.