Date Adopted: December 10, 2003.

     Purpose: The new rule implements the requirements of a permanent injunction enjoining the commission from taking action to enforce RCW 42.17.680(4) by requiring employers to disclose the names or signatures of such individuals who have made contributions in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less during the year.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370(1).

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-22-066 on November 4, 2003.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

December 18, 2003

Vicki Rippie

Executive Director

OTS-6782.1

NEW SECTION
WAC 390-17-105   Small contributors of twenty-five dollars or less.   (1) To comply with RCW 42.17.680(4), each person or entity who withholds contributions of individuals shall, in lieu of disclosing the names and signatures, substitute unique numerical identifiers for persons making contributions in the amount of twenty-five dollars or less during a calendar or fiscal year on the signed withholding authorization form or on other documents (such as payroll deductions) subject to RCW 42.17.680(4).

     (2) Contribution withholding authorization forms or payroll deduction documentation of contributors whose annual aggregate contribution is twenty-five dollars or less during any calendar or fiscal year are not required by the commission to be made available for public inspection or copying when such records display the names, signatures, home addresses, Social Security numbers, or other information capable of personally identifying contributors whose annual aggregate contribution is twenty-five dollars or less during any calendar or fiscal year.

     (3) The names, signatures, home addresses, Social Security numbers or other information capable of personally identifying contributors whose annual aggregate contribution to a person or entity is twenty-five dollars or less during any calendar or fiscal year shall not be provided by the commission to the public or made available for public inspection or copying.

     (4) Each person or entity who withholds contributions under RCW 42.17.680 shall, upon request, deliver to the commission documents of books and accounts described in RCW 42.17.680(4).

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