CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5173

Chapter 295, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the Senate April 18, 2009
  YEAS 42   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 30, 2009
  YEAS 96   NAYS 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5173 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 30, 2009, 10:58 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 1, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5173
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Senators Shin, Fairley, Kastama, Sheldon, McAuliffe, Brown, Pridemore, Delvin, Hobbs, McDermott, Jarrett, Kilmer, Jacobsen, and Kohl-Welles

Read first time 01/15/09.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.



     AN ACT Relating to honorary doctorate degrees; and amending RCW 28B.35.205.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28B.35.205 and 1991 c 58 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     In addition to all other powers and duties given to them by law, Central Washington University, Eastern Washington University, and Western Washington University are hereby authorized to grant any degree through the master's degree to any student who has completed a program of study and/or research in those areas which are determined by the faculty and board of trustees of the college to be appropriate for the granting of such degree: PROVIDED, That before any degree is authorized under this section it shall be subject to the review and approval of the higher education coordinating board.
     The board of trustees, upon recommendation of the faculty, may also confer honorary bachelor's ((or)), master's, or doctorate level degrees upon persons ((other than graduates of the institution,)) in recognition of their learning or devotion to education, literature, art, or science. No degree may be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or the donation of any kind of property.


         Passed by the Senate April 18, 2009.
         Passed by the House March 30, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 30, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 1, 2009.