WSR 97-19-037

PROCLAMATION

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR

[September 8, 1997]

WHEREAS, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers in our state need statutory authority to check for outstanding warrants when a person is stopped for a traffic infraction; and

WHEREAS, the safety of citizens and law enforcement officers is of utmost concern and would be severely compromised if warrant checks were not conducted in these situations;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary Locke, Governor of the State of Washington, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Article II, Section 12 (Amendment 68) and Article III, Section 7 of the State Constitution, do hereby convene the Washington State Legislature in Special Session in the Capitol at Olympia at 3:30 p.m. on September 17, 1997 for the sole purpose of enacting legislation to grant law enforcement officers authority to check for outstanding warrants when a person is stopped for a traffic infraction.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the State of Washington to be affixed at Olympia this eighth day of September, A.D., nineteen hundred and ninety-seven.

Gary Locke

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Governor of Washington

BY THE GOVERNOR

Ralph Munro

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