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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3590

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Thompson, Zimmerman, Newhouse, Benitz and Hayner; by Attorney General request

Read first time 2/5/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to public employees; amending RCW 42.20.010; adding a new section to chapter 9.46 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 67.70 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 42.18 RCW; and repealing RCW 42.18.210 and 42.18.320.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 9.46 RCW to read as follows:

          A member or employee of the gambling commission shall not:

          (1) Serve as an officer or manager of any corporation or organization which conducts a lottery or gambling activity;

          (2) Receive or share in, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of any gambling activity conducted in this state;

          (3) Be beneficially interested in any contract for the manufacture or sale of gambling devices, the conduct of gambling activity, or the provision of consultant services in connection with a gambling activity.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 67.70 RCW to read as follows:

          The director, deputy directors, and any assistant directors of the state lottery and a member or employee of the lottery commission shall not:

          (1) Serve as an officer or manager of any  corporation or organization which conducts a lottery or gambling activity;

          (2) Receive or share in, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of any lottery or other gambling activity conducted in this state;

          (3) Be beneficially interested in any contract for the manufacture or sale of gambling devices, the conduct of a lottery or other gambling activity, or the provision of consultant services in connection with a lottery or other gambling activity.

        Sec. 3.  Section 82, chapter 249, Laws of 1909 as amended by section 34, chapter 234, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 42.20.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          Every public officer who shall‑-

          (1) Ask or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity, or reward, or promise thereof, for omitting or deferring the performance of any official duty; or for any official service which has not been actually rendered, except in case of charges for prospective costs or fees demandable in advance in a case allowed by law; or

          (2) Be beneficially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract, sale, lease, or purchase which may be made by, through or under the supervision of such officer, in whole or in part, or which may be made for the benefit of his office, or accept, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity, or reward from any other person beneficially interested therein; or

          (3) Employ or use any person, money, or property under his official control or direction, or in his official custody, for the private benefit or gain of himself or another;

          Shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor, and any contract, sale, lease or purchase mentioned in subdivision (2) hereof shall be void((:  PROVIDED, That this section shall have no application to any person who is a state employee as defined in RCW 42.18.130)).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 42.18 RCW to read as follows:

          A state employee shall not employ or use any person, money, or property under the state employee's official control or direction or under the state  employee's custody for the private benefit or gain of the state employee or another person.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

                   (1) Section 21, chapter 234, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 42.18.210; and

          (2) Section 32, chapter 234, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 42.18.320.