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                                         HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4212

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Representative H. Sommers

Read first time 2/1/89 and referred to Committee on Revenue.

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 XI, section 9 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

Article XI, section 9. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, no county, nor the inhabitants thereof, nor the property therein, shall be released or discharged from its or their proportionate share of taxes to be levied for state purposes, nor shall commutation for such taxes be authorized in any form whatever.

(2) The legislature may provide an exemption from sales and use taxes for eligible nonresidents making purchases within border counties.  The legislature may define "eligible nonresident" and "border county."

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.