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                                         HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4211

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representatives Patrick and Silver

Read first time 1/30/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.

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 III, section 20, of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

Article III, section 20.          The auditor shall be auditor of public accounts, records, and financial transactions of state government and all agencies thereof, however denominated, including the judicial branch, and shall have such powers and perform such duties in connection therewith as may be prescribed by law.  ((He shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars, which may be increased by the legislature, but shall never exceed three thousand dollars per annum.))

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.