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                                ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3307

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Talmadge, Moore and Rasmussen)

Read first time 3/8/85.

AN ACT Relating to campaign financing; amending RCW 42.17.105; and adding a new section to chapter 42.17 RCW.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 176, Laws of 1983 and RCW 42.17.105 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Campaign treasurers shall prepare and deliver to the commission a special report regarding any contribution which:

          (a) Exceeds five hundred dollars;

          (b) Is from a single person or entity; and

          (c) Is received ((before)) within twenty-one days of an election((; and

          (d) Is received after the period covered by the last report required by RCW 42.17.080 and 42.17.090 to be filed before that election)).

          (2) Any political committee making a contribution which exceeds five hundred dollars shall also prepare and deliver to the commission the special report if the contribution is made ((before)) within twenty-one days of an election ((and after the period covered by the last report required by RCW 42.17.080 and 42.17.090 to be filed before that election)).

          (3) Except as provided in subsection (4), the special report required by this section shall be delivered in written form, including but not limited to mailgram, telegram, or nightletter.  The special report required by subsection (1) shall be delivered to the commission within forty-eight hours of the time, or on the first working day after, the contribution is received by the candidate or campaign treasurer.  The special report required by subsection (2) of this section and section 2 of this 1985 act shall be delivered to the commission, and the candidate or political committee to whom the contribution is made, within twenty-four hours of the time, or on the first working day after, the contribution is made.

          (4) The special report may be transmitted orally by telephone to the commission to satisfy the delivery period required by subsection (3) if the written form of the report is also mailed to the commission and postmarked within the delivery period established in subsection (3).

          (5) The special report shall include at least:

          (a) The amount of the contribution;

          (b) The date of receipt;

          (c) The name and address of the donor;

          (d) The name and address of the recipient; and

          (e) Any other information the commission may by rule require.

          (6) Contributions reported under this section shall also be reported as required by other provisions of this chapter.

(7) The commission shall publish daily a summary of the special reports made under this section and section 2 of this 1985 act.

(8) It is unlawful for any person to make contributions in the aggregate exceeding five thousand  dollars within twenty-one days preceding an election.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 42.17 RCW to read as follows:

          Any lobbyist registered under RCW 42.17.150, any person who lobbies, and any lobbyist's employer making a contribution that exceeds five hundred dollars within the twenty-one day period immediately preceding an election shall file a special report in the manner provided under RCW 42.17.105.