CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1692

Chapter 167, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



PUBLIC FACILITIES DISTRICTS--BOARD OF DIRECTORS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House March 5, 2009
  Yeas 94   Nays 3

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009
  Yeas 45   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1692 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 22, 2009, 11:25 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 23, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1692
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Community & Economic Development & Trade (originally sponsored by Representatives Driscoll, Wood, Crouse, and Ormsby)

READ FIRST TIME 02/23/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to authority of the board of directors of a public facilities district; and amending RCW 36.100.160 and 35.57.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 36.100.160 and 1995 c 396 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The board of directors of the public facilities district shall have authority to authorize the expenditure of funds for the public purposes of preparing and distributing information to the general public and promoting, advertising, improving, developing, operating, and maintaining facilities of the district. For promotional activities the district board must: (a) Identify the proposed expenditure in its annual budget; and (b) adopt written rules governing promotional hosting by employees, agents, and the board, including requirements for identifying and evaluating the public benefits to be derived and documenting the public benefits realized.
     (2)
Nothing contained in this section may be construed to authorize preparation and distribution of information to the general public for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a district election.

Sec.2   RCW 35.57.060 and 1999 c 165 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The board of directors of the public facilities district shall have authority to authorize the expenditure of funds for the public purposes of preparing and distributing information to the general public and promoting, advertising, improving, developing, operating, and maintaining a regional center. For promotional activities the district board must: (a) Identify the proposed expenditure in its annual budget; and (b) adopt written rules governing promotional hosting by employees, agents, and the board, including requirements for identifying and evaluating the public benefits to be derived and documenting the public benefits realized.
     (2)
Nothing contained in this section may be construed to authorize preparation and distribution of information to the general public for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a district election.


         Passed by the House March 5, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor April 22, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2009.