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                                         SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8200

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge, Moore, West and Stratton

Read first time 1/13/87 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

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 there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article III of the Constitution of the state of Washington repealing sections 17, 19, 21, 22, and 23 and amending sections 1 and 3 to read as follows:

Article III, section 1.           The executive department shall consist of a governor, lieutenant governor, ((secretary of state, treasurer,)) and an auditor, ((attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and a commissioner of public lands,)) who shall be severally chosen by the qualified electors of the state at the same time and place of voting as for the members of the legislature.

The governor may appoint a treasurer, a superintendent of public instruction, an attorney general, a commissioner of public lands, and an insurance commissioner, or successor officials, who shall each serve subject to confirmation by the senate and at the pleasure of the governor.

Article III, section 3.           The lieutenant governor((, secretary of state, treasurer,)) and auditor, ((attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner of public lands,)) shall hold their offices for four years respectively, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

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