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==Duties and office==
The office of the Code Reviser is established in the [[Revised Code of Washington]]. He is appointed by the Statute Law Committee, which consists of four members of the legislature (two from each of the two largest political parties), an attorney appointed by the Washington State Bar, an attorney appointed by the [[Governor of Washington]], a justice of the [[Washington Supreme Court]], and four professional staff members employed by the legislature. By law, the Code Reviser must be a lawyer, however, the functions of the office can also be delegated by the Statute Law Committee to a private legal publisher.
The Code Reviser is authorized to make minor style revisions to the laws of Washington as they are enacted by the legislature (for example, changing the words "effective date of this act" to an actual calendar date), correct obvious errors in laws enacted by the legislature such as incorrect citations and references, number and publish the Revised Code of Washington, and provide bill drafting advise to members of the legislature. The Code Reviser also appoints the editor of the ''Washington State Register'', the state's [[government gazette]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.08 |title=Chapter 1.08 RCW
STATUTE LAW COMMITTEE (CODE REVISER) |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=app.leg.wa.gov |publisher=Washington State Legislature |accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref>
The Code Reviser employs a professional staff of approximately 40 persons that operate out of the Joel M. Pritchard Building in [[Olympia, Washington]].<Ref>{{cite news |last=Myers |first=Laura |date=22 April 2013 |title="Penmanship" is now 'handwriting' as Washington state removes gender bias in statutes |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-22/news/sns-rt-us-usa-gender-neutralbre93m00v-20130422_1_gender-bias-governor-jay-inslee-washington-state |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |___location=Chicago, Illinois |accessdate= }}</ref><Ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/Pages/contact_code_reviser.aspx |title=Contact the Code Reviser's Office |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=leg.wa.gov |publisher=Office of the Code Reviser |accessdate=17 September 2014}} </ref> As of 2003 he was paid an annual salary of $104,400. <Ref name="st">{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Ralph |date=26 January 2013 |title=State's retire-rehire rules being stretched |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20030126&slug=rehire26m0 |newspaper=[[Seattle Times]] |___location= |accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref>
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