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ADOPTED 01/15/2025

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Highway Safety Account-State

Multimodal Transportation Account-State

Sec. RCW 1.08.001 and 2005 c 409 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

There is created a permanent statute law committee consisting of eleven members as follows:

(1) The secretary of the senate, ex officio;

(2) Two members of the senate, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the senate, appointed by the president of the senate;

(3) The chief clerk of the house of representatives, ex officio;

(4) Two members of the house of representatives, one from each of the two largest caucuses in the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;

(5) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the senate, ex officio;

(6) The staff director of the nonpartisan professional committee staff of the house of representatives, ex officio;

(7) A lawyer admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the board of governors of the Washington State Bar Association;

(8) A judge of the supreme court or a lawyer who has been admitted to practice in this state, appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court; and

(9) A lawyer staff member of the governor's office or a state agency, appointed by the governor.

All such initial appointments shall be made within thirty days of May 11, 2005.

Sec. RCW 1.08.003 and 2005 c 409 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

The term of the member of the committee appointed by the State Bar Association, shall be for two years.

The term of any ex officio member expires upon expiration of tenure of the position by virtue of which he or she is a member of the committee. The remaining members of the committee shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Vacancies shall be filled by designation, appointment, or ex officio in the same manner as for the member so vacating, and if a vacancy results other than from expiration of a term, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.

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