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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4207
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Lambert and Linville
Read first time 02/09/1999. Referred to Committee on Local 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 the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article XI, section 3 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article XI,
section 3. No new
counties shall be established which shall reduce any county to a population
less than four thousand (4,000), nor shall a new county be formed containing a
((less)) population of less than two thousand (2,000). There
shall be no territory stricken from any county unless ((a majority)) at
least twenty-five percent of the registered voters living in such
territory shall petition therefor and then only under such other conditions as
may be prescribed by a general law applicable to the whole state. Every county
which shall be enlarged or created from territory taken from any other county
or counties shall be liable for a just proportion of the existing debts and
liabilities of the county or counties from which such territory shall be
taken((: Provided, That in such accounting)). Neither
county shall be charged with any debt or liability then existing incurred in
the purchase of any county property, or in the purchase or construction of any
county buildings then in use, or under construction, which shall fall within
and be retained by the county((: Provided further, That)). This
allotment of debts shall not be construed to affect the rights of
creditors.
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