CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2119

Chapter 41, Laws of 2014

63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session



STATE WATERFALL--PALOUSE FALLS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/14

Passed by the House February 12, 2014
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 4, 2014
  Yeas 46   Nays 3


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2119 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 18, 2014, 1:56 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 19, 2014







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2119
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Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By Representatives Schmick, Fagan, Haler, and Moscoso

Prefiled 12/11/13. Read first time 01/13/14.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to designating Palouse falls as the state waterfall; adding a new section to chapter 1.20 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The tourist industry is a vital part of the state's economy. Palouse falls has visitors numbering averaging over eighty thousand to one hundred thousand per year. The falls drop one hundred ninety-eight feet identifying them as the last remaining year-round waterfalls left by the ice age floods.
     (2) Palouse falls was named sixth on the top ten best United States waterfalls list, tenth on the list of the world's most amazing waterfalls, and the site of the world record breaking kayak drop.
     (3) Palouse falls surrounding area is the location for the oldest documented remains found in the western hemisphere; home of the Palouse Native American culture; birthplace of the Appaloosa horse; and documented in Lewis and Clark's journals.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 1.20 RCW to read as follows:
     Palouse falls is hereby designated as the official waterfall of the state of Washington.


         Passed by the House February 12, 2014.
         Passed by the Senate March 4, 2014.
         Approved by the Governor March 18, 2014.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 19, 2014.