CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1475

Chapter 56, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



STATE BOARD FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND RESERVE OFFICERS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House February 23, 2007
  Yeas 94   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 4, 2007
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1475 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 17, 2007, 9:33 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 17, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1475
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Hurst, Haigh, Eickmeyer, Curtis, Alexander, Morrell, Crouse, Simpson, Roach and VanDeWege

Read first time 01/19/2007.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.



     AN ACT Relating to the state board for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers; and amending RCW 41.24.250.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 41.24.250 and 1999 c 148 s 23 are each amended to read as follows:
     The state board for volunteer firefighters and reserve officers is created to consist of ((three members of a fire department covered by)) five members who are participants under this chapter, at least three of whom are not receiving relief or retirement pension payments under this chapter, no two of whom shall be from the same congressional district((, to be)). The members are appointed by the governor to serve overlapping terms of six years. Of members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of six years, one for five years, one for four years, one for three years, and one for two years. The governor may consider participants who are recommended for appointment by the appropriate state associations. Upon the expiration of a term, a successor shall be appointed by the governor for a term of six years. Any vacancy shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term. Each member of the state board, before entering on the performance of his or her duties, shall take an oath that he or she will not knowingly violate or willingly permit the violation of any provision of law applicable to this chapter, which oath shall be filed with the secretary of state.
     The state board ((shall not be deemed to be)) is not unlawfully constituted and a member of the board ((shall not be deemed)) is not ineligible to serve the remainder of the member's unexpired term on the board solely by reason of the establishment of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts.


         Passed by the House February 23, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 4, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 17, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 17, 2007.