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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8200

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Roach

Read first time 01/13/1999.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Amending the Constitution to remove the requirement that judges be admitted to the practice of law.

    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 IV of the Constitution of the state of Washington by repealing section 17 thereof in its entirety.

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.

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