CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1320

                    Chapter 6, Laws of 1997

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

STATE INSECT

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the House February 17, 1997   Yeas 96   Nays 1              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 8, 1997   Yeas 44   Nays 2

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1320  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved April 10, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                     April 10, 1997 - 10:53 a.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1320

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by Representatives L. Thomas, Cooke, Cairnes, D. Schmidt, Keiser, Robertson, Blalock, Ogden, Constantine, Veloria, Dunn and Anderson)

Read first time 02/04/97.

Designating Anux junius as the official insect of the state of Washington.   

    AN ACT Relating to the state insect; adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the common green darner dragonfly, Anax junius Drury, can be found throughout Washington and is easily recognizable by its bright green head and thorax.  The legislature further recognizes that the common green darner dragonfly, also known as the "mosquito hawk," is a beneficial contributor to our ecosystem.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 1.20 RCW to read as follows:

    The common green darner dragonfly, Anax junius Drury, is hereby designated as the official insect of the state of Washington.

    Passed the House February 17, 1997.

    Passed the Senate April 8, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 10, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 10, 1997.