SHB 1133 H AMD to Appropriations Committee AMD - H AMD

144 WITHDRAWN 3-15-91

By Representatives D. Sommers, Brumsickle, Ballard, Bowman, Mielke, R. Fisher and Leonard

On page 5 of the committee amendment, after line 4, insert:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. A new section is added to chapter 39.29 RCW to read as follows:

Personal service contracts between state agencies and state legislators or between state agencies and companies in which a state legislator has a majority interest often raise questions regarding a conflict of interest. The following rules apply to such proposed personal service contracts:

(1) The contract must be personally approved in writing by the agency director or commission chair; and

(2) The contract must be personally approved in writing by the director of the office of financial management; and

(3) The contract must be declared in writing by the chair of the house or senate ethics committee to be consistent with the ethical standards required of state legislators."