BILL REQ. #: S-3467.2
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/19/2004. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to repealing statutes; and adding a new section to chapter 29A.72 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 29A.72 RCW
to read as follows:
An initiative or referendum that repeals a statute shall set forth
the language being repealed in its entirety. Statutes repealed in
violation of this section presumptively violate Article II, section 37
of the Washington state Constitution.