APARTMENT ASS'NS v. EVANS

No. 43879.

88 Wn.2d 563 (1977)

564 P.2d 788

WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT ASSOCIATIONS, INC., ET AL, Respondents, v. DANIEL J. EVANS, as Governor, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 26, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Malachy R. Murphy, Deputy, and Wayne L. Williams and Carol A. Smith, Assistants, for appellants.

Merges, Youngberg, Goucher, Allen, Larson & Brain, Edwards E. Merges, Nicolai, Sorrel, Binns & Beck, and Max R. Nicolai, for respondents.


WRIGHT, C.J.

The problem presented in this litigation is the validity of the Governor's 14 attempted item and section vetoes to Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 2226. This bill ultimately became Laws of 1973, 1st Ex. Sess., ch. 207 (codified in RCW 59.18), and is commonly known as the landlord-tenant act of 1973.

The Governor exercised his veto power by attempting to excise parts of sections 6, 7, 8, 11, 19, 23, 24, 25, and 31 and

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