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                                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 59

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Sayan, Long, Smitherman and Vander Stoep

Read first time 1/17/85 and referred to Committee on Constitution, Elections & Ethics.

AN ACT Relating to lobbyists' registration; and amending RCW 42.17.155.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 21, chapter 294, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. as amended by section 11, chapter 147, Laws of 1982 and RCW 42.17.155 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Each lobbyist shall at the time he registers submit to the commission a recent photograph of himself of a size and format as determined by rule of the commission, together with the name of the lobbyist's employer, the length of his employment as a lobbyist before the legislature, a brief biographical description, and any other information he may wish to submit not to exceed fifty words in length; such photograph and information to be published at least annually in a booklet form by the commission for distribution to legislators and the public.

          (2) There is established a fund to be known as the "lobbyists' booklet revolving fund" which shall consist of all receipts from sales of the booklets described in subsection (1) of this section.  This fund shall be used for expenses of production and sale of such booklets and for no other purpose.

(3) In any publication of the commission which lists the lobbyists registered under this chapter, the commission shall designate those lobbyists who have notified the commission that they do not, as a matter of policy, make political campaign contributions.