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                 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4416

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State of Washington      54th Legislature 1995 1st Special Session

By Representative Foreman

Read first time 5/23/95. 

Pertaining to convening special legislative sessions.

    BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, the Senate concurring, That the following be adopted:

              Convening Special Legislative Sessions

    The legislature may convene a special legislative session as follows:

    (1) A resolution calling for convening a special legislative session shall set forth the date and time for convening the session, the duration of the session which shall not exceed thirty days, together with the purpose or purposes for which such session is called.  Members of the House of Representatives or Senate may present a proposed resolution for the convening of a special legislative session to the Committee on Rules of their respective houses.

    (2) The authority to place a resolution convening a special legislative session before the legislature is vested in the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules of the Senate.

    (3) Upon a majority vote of both the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules of the Senate in favor of a resolution convening a special legislative session, a vote of the House of Representatives and Senate shall be taken on such resolution.

    (4) The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall conduct the vote on the resolution by written ballot of the members of their respective houses under such procedures as may be ordered by the Committee on Rules of their house.  The results of such vote shall be transmitted to the members of the legislature and shall be a public record and shall be entered upon the journal of the House of Representatives and Senate at the convening of the next legislative session.

    (5) If two-thirds of the members elected or appointed to each house vote in favor of the resolution, then a special legislative session shall be convened in accordance with the resolution.  (Article II, section 12 of the state Constitution.) 

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