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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3564

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Thompson, Kreidler, DeJarnatt and Vognild

Read first time 2/4/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to public transportation employees; and adding a new section to chapter 35.58 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.58 RCW to read as follows:

          Any public official authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries and wages of public transportation employees may, upon written request of the employee, deduct from the salary or wages of the employee, contributions for payment of voluntary deductions for political action committees sponsored by labor or employee organizations with public transportation employees as members.  For the purposes of this section, "public transportation employees" means employees of a public transportation system specified in RCW 35.58.272 who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.