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RCW 29A.72.110

Petitions to legislature—Form.

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Community Care Coalition of Wash. v. Reed (2009)

Most recently applied in Community Care Coalition of Wash. v. Reed (February 2009)

2005 c 239 s 1; 2003 c 111 s 1812; 1982 c 116 s 9; 1965 c 9 s 29.79.090

Petitions for proposing measures for submission to the legislature at its next regular session must be substantially in the following form:

To the Honorable . . . . . ., Secretary of State of the State of Washington:

We, the undersigned citizens and legal voters of the State of Washington, respectfully direct that this petition and the proposed measure known as Initiative Measure No. . . . . and entitled (here set forth the established ballot title of the measure), a full, true, and correct copy of which is printed on the reverse side of this petition, be transmitted to the legislature of the State of Washington at its next ensuing regular session, and we respectfully petition the legislature to enact said proposed measure into law; and each of us for himself or herself says: I have personally signed this petition; I am a legal voter of the State of Washington in the city (or town) and county written after my name, my residence address is correctly stated, and I have knowingly signed this petition only once.

The following declaration must be printed on the reverse side of the petition:

RCW 9A.46.020 applies to any conduct constituting harassment against a petition signature gatherer. This penalty does not preclude the victim from seeking any other remedy otherwise available under law.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.