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January 21, 2015

Push in Olympia to require funding plan for initiatives

OLYMPIA (AP) — Nearly 40 senators are supporting a proposed constitutional amendment that would prevent budget-busting ballot initiatives from being filed unless supporters also include a way to pay for it.

Sen. Joe Fain, a Republican from Auburn, says that under the proposed measure he introduced Tuesday, supporters of initiatives that would eliminate specific taxes also wouldn't be allowed to collect signatures if the measure doesn't specify which state programs would be removed or cut.


 
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