S-1028

AN ACT Relating to the investment of state funds in corporations doing business in Northern Ireland; amending RCW 28B.20.130, 28B.30.150, 28B.35.120, 28B.40.120, 28B.50.090, 35.39.060, 41.40.077, 43.33A.110, 43.33A.140, and 43.84.080; adding a new section to chapter 43.33A RCW; adding a new section to chapter 24.44 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds and declares that:

(1) The existence of religious and ethnic discrimination against minority workers in many firms conducting business in Northern Ireland is contrary to the basic religious and political assumptions underlying our nation as expressed in our Constitution and laws.

(2) The state of Washington has pension, trust, educational, and retirement fund investments in United States firms presently conducting business in Northern Ireland. Such investments should be made in accordance with the MacBride principles, as listed in section 2 of this act, of fair employment and the sound investment criteria empowered to the state treasurer, state investment board, public institutions of higher education, and state agencies.

(3) It is not the intent of this legislation to diminish the present investment portfolio, as our primary goal is not to injure the fragile Northern Ireland economy. The state treasurer, state investment board, public institutions of higher education, and state agencies are encouraged to make future investments in United States firms conducting business in Northern Ireland in accordance with sound investment criteria and the MacBride principles of fair employment. Should all or any of the United States firms which receive Washington state fund investments refuse to comply with the MacBride principles, the treasurer or investing authority shall, with discretion and in accordance with sound investment criteria, have the option and is encouraged to remove such investments and place them in United States firms operating in Northern Ireland which subscribe to the MacBride principles of fair employment.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.33A RCW to read as follows:

(1) As long as any trust funds or state funds are invested in a United States corporation operating in Northern Ireland, the state investment board shall file a report with the governor and legislature by January 31st of each year.

(2) The report shall include the existence of affirmative action taken by the institutions or companies doing business in Northern Ireland to eliminate ethnic or religious discrimination based on actions taken for:

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not practice in favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential job employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(g) The development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

(3) Consistent with sound investment policy, after January 1, 1992, the state investment board shall invest the assets of the state funds in such a manner that the investments in institutions and corporations doing business in or with Northern Ireland shall reflect the advances made by such institutions and corporations in eliminating discrimination as established pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, on and after January 1, 1992, any moneys or assets of the state funds which shall remain or be invested in the stocks, securities, or other obligations of any institution or company doing business in or with Northern Ireland or with agencies or instrumentalities thereof, shall be invested subject to the provisions of this section.

Sec. 3. RCW 28B.20.130 and 1985 c 370 s 92 are each amended to read as follows:

General powers and duties of the board of regents are as follows:

(1) To have full control of the university and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law.

(2) To employ the president of the university, ((~~his~~)) the president's assistants, members of the faculty, and employees of the institution, who except as otherwise provided by law, shall hold their positions during the pleasure of said board of regents.

(3) Establish entrance requirements for students seeking admission to the university which meet or exceed the standards specified under RCW 28B.80.350(2). Completion of examinations satisfactory to the university may be a prerequisite for entrance by any applicant at the university's discretion. Evidence of completion of public high schools and other educational institutions whose courses of study meet the approval of the university may be acceptable for entrance.

(4) Establish such colleges, schools or departments necessary to carry out the purpose of the university and not otherwise proscribed by law.

(5) With the assistance of the faculty of the university, prescribe the course of study in the various colleges, schools and departments of the institution and publish the necessary catalogues thereof.

(6) Grant to students such certificates or degrees as recommended for such students by the faculty. The board, upon recommendation of the faculty, may also confer honorary degrees upon persons other than graduates of this university in recognition of their learning or devotion to literature, art or science: PROVIDED, That no degree shall ever be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or the giving of property of whatsoever kind.

(7) Accept such gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests and devises, whether real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, for the use or benefit of the university, its colleges, schools, departments, or agencies; and sell, lease or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof except as limited by the terms of said gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests and devises. The board shall adopt proper rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds of all fees, and the proceeds, rents, profits and income of all gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests and devises above-mentioned, and shall make full report of the same in the customary biennial report to the governor and members of the legislature, or more frequently if required by law((~~: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to repeal, amend or in any way modify any of the provisions of RCW 28B.20.380~~)). Beginning January 1, 1992, the regents, while exercising their investment authority over funds invested in a United States corporation operating in Northern Ireland, shall consider, without limitation, the following standards for corporate activity:

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

(8) Except as otherwise provided by law, to enter into such contracts as the regents deem essential to university purposes.

(9) To submit upon request such reports as will be helpful to the governor and to the legislature in providing for the institution.

(10) Subject to the approval of the higher education coordinating board pursuant to RCW 28B.80.340, offer new degree programs, offer off-campus programs, participate in consortia or centers, contract for off-campus educational programs, and purchase or lease major off-campus facilities.

Sec. 4. RCW 28B.30.150 and 1985 c 370 s 93 are each amended to read as follows:

The regents of Washington State University, in addition to other duties prescribed by law, shall:

(1) Have full control of the university and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law.

(2) Employ the president of the university, his or her assistants, members of the faculty, and employees of the university, who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall hold their positions during the pleasure of said board of regents.

(3) Establish entrance requirements for students seeking admission to the university which meet or exceed the standards specified under RCW 28B.80.350(2). Completion of examinations satisfactory to the university may be a prerequisite for entrance by any applicant, at the university's discretion. Evidence of completion of public high schools and other educational institutions whose courses of study meet the approval of the university may be acceptable for entrance.

(4) Establish such colleges, schools or departments necessary to carry out the purpose of the university and not otherwise proscribed by law.

(5) Subject to the approval of the higher education coordinating board pursuant to RCW 28B.80.340, offer new degree programs, offer off-campus programs, participate in consortia or centers, contract for off-campus educational programs, and purchase or lease major off-campus facilities.

(6) With the assistance of the faculty of the university, prescribe the courses of instruction in the various colleges, schools and departments of the institution and publish the necessary catalogues thereof.

(7) Collect such information as the board deems desirable as to the schemes of technical instruction adopted in other parts of the United States and foreign countries.

(8) Provide for holding agricultural institutes including farm marketing forums.

(9) Provide that instruction given in the university, as far as practicable, be conveyed by means of laboratory work and provide in connection with the university one or more physical, chemical, and biological laboratories, and suitably furnish and equip the same.

(10) Provide training in military tactics for those students electing to participate therein.

(11) Establish a department of elementary science and in connection therewith provide instruction in elementary mathematics, including elementary trigonometry, elementary mechanics, elementary and mechanical drawing and land surveying.

(12) Establish a department of agriculture and in connection therewith provide instruction in physics with special application of its principles to agriculture, chemistry with special application of its principles to agriculture, morphology and physiology of plants with special reference to common grown crops and fungus enemies, morphology and physiology of the lower forms of animal life, with special reference to insect pests, morphology and physiology of the higher forms of animal life and in particular of the horse, cow, sheep and swine, agriculture with special reference to the breeding and feeding of livestock and the best mode of cultivation of farm produce, and mining and metallurgy, appointing demonstrators in each of these subjects to superintend the equipment of a laboratory and to give practical instruction therein.

(13) Establish agricultural experiment stations in connection with the department of agriculture, including at least one in the western portion of the state, and appoint the officers and prescribe regulations for their management.

(14) Grant to students such certificates or degrees, as recommended for such students by the faculty.

(15) Confer honorary degrees upon persons other than graduates of the university in recognition of their learning or devotion to literature, art or science when recommended thereto by the faculty: PROVIDED, That no degree shall ever be conferred in consideration of the payment of money or the giving of property of whatsoever kind.

(16) Adopt plans and specifications for university buildings and facilities or improvements thereto and employ skilled architects and engineers to prepare such plans and specifications and supervise the construction of buildings or facilities which the board is authorized to erect, and fix the compensation for such services. The board shall enter into contracts with one or more contractors for such suitable buildings, facilities or improvements as the available funds will warrant, upon the most advantageous terms offered at a public competitive letting, pursuant to public notice under regulations established by the board. The board shall require of all persons with whom they contract for construction and improvements a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the work and full protection against all liens.

(17) Except as otherwise provided by law, direct the disposition of all money appropriated to or belonging to the state university.

(18) Receive and expend the money appropriated under the act of congress approved May 8, 1914, entitled "An Act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States receiving the benefits of the Act of Congress approved July 2, 1862, and Acts supplemental thereto and the United States Department of Agriculture" and organize and conduct agricultural extension work in connection with the state university in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in the acts of congress.

(19) Except as otherwise provided by law, to enter into such contracts as the regents deem essential to university purposes.

(20) Acquire by lease, gift, or otherwise, lands necessary to further the work of the university or for experimental or demonstrational purposes.

(21) Establish and maintain at least one agricultural experiment station in an irrigation district to conduct investigational work upon the principles and practices of irrigational agriculture including the utilization of water and its relation to soil types, crops, climatic conditions, ditch and drain construction, fertility investigations, plant disease, insect pests, marketing, farm management, utilization of fruit byproducts and general development of agriculture under irrigation conditions.

(22) Supervise and control the agricultural experiment station at Puyallup.

(23) Establish and maintain at Wenatchee an agricultural experiment substation for the purpose of conducting investigational work upon the principles and practices of orchard culture, spraying, fertilization, pollenization, new fruit varieties, fruit diseases and pests, byproducts, marketing, management and general horticultural problems.

(24) Accept such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises and bequests, whether real or personal property, in trust or otherwise, for the use or benefit of the university, its colleges, schools or departments; and sell, lease or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof except as limited by the terms of said gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests and devises; adopt proper rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds of all fees, and the proceeds, rents, profits and income of all gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests and devises, and make full report thereof in a biennial report to the governor and members of the legislature.

Beginning January 1, 1992, the regents, while exercising their investment authority over funds invested in a United States corporation operating in Northern Ireland, shall consider, without limitation, the following standards for corporate activity:

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

(25) Construct when the board so determines a new foundry and a mining, physical, technological building and fabrication shop at the university, or add to the present foundry and other buildings, in order that both instruction and research be expanded to include permanent molding and die casting with a section for new fabricating techniques, especially for light metals, including magnesium and aluminum; purchase equipment for the shops and laboratories in mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering; establish a pilot plant for the extraction of alumina from native clays and other possible light metal research; purchase equipment for a research laboratory for technological research generally; and purchase equipment for research in electronics, instrumentation, energy sources, plastics, food technology, mechanics of materials, hydraulics and similar fields.

(26) Make and transmit to the governor and members of the legislature upon request such reports as will be helpful in providing for the institution.

Sec. 5. RCW 28B.35.120 and 1985 c 370 s 94 are each amended to read as follows:

In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, each board of trustees of the respective regional universities:

(1) Shall have full control of the regional university and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law.

(2) Shall employ the president of the regional university, his or her assistants, members of the faculty, and other employees of the institution, who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall hold their positions, until discharged therefrom by the board for good and lawful reason.

(3) With the assistance of the faculty of the regional university, shall prescribe the course of study in the various schools and departments thereof and publish such catalogues thereof as the board deems necessary: PROVIDED, That the state board of education shall determine the requisites for and give program approval of all courses leading to teacher certification by such board.

(4) Establish such divisions, schools or departments necessary to carry out the purposes of the regional university and not otherwise proscribed by law.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, may establish and erect such new facilities as determined by the board to be necessary for the regional university.

(6) May acquire real and other property as provided in RCW 28B.10.020, as now or hereafter amended.

(7) Except as otherwise provided by law, may purchase all supplies and purchase or lease equipment and other personal property needed for the operation or maintenance of the regional university.

(8) May establish, lease, operate, equip and maintain self-supporting facilities in the manner provided in RCW 28B.10.300 through 28B.10.330, as now or hereafter amended.

(9) Except as otherwise provided by law, to enter into such contracts as the trustees deem essential to regional university purposes.

(10) May receive such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises and bequests of real or personal property from whatsoever source, as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying out the regional university programs; sell, lease or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof except as limited by the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt regulations to govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof.

Beginning January 1, 1992, the following standards for corporate activity shall be considered by the board, without limitation, for investments in United States corporations operating in Northern Ireland:

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

(11) Subject to the approval of the higher education coordinating board pursuant to RCW 28B.80.340, offer new degree programs, offer off-campus programs, participate in consortia or centers, contract for off-campus educational programs, and purchase or lease major off-campus facilities.

(12) May promulgate such rules and regulations, and perform all other acts not forbidden by law, as the board of trustees may in its discretion deem necessary or appropriate to the administration of the regional university.

Sec. 6. RCW 28B.40.120 and 1985 c 370 s 95 are each amended to read as follows:

In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the board of trustees of The Evergreen State College:

(1) Shall have full control of the state college and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law.

(2) Shall employ the president of the state college, his or her assistants, members of the faculty, and other employees of the institution, who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall hold their positions, until discharged therefrom by the board for good and lawful reason.

(3) With the assistance of the faculty of the state college, shall prescribe the course of study in the various schools and departments thereof and publish such catalogues thereof as the board deems necessary: PROVIDED, That the state board of education shall determine the requisites for and give program approval of all courses leading to teacher certification by such board.

(4) Establish such divisions, schools or departments necessary to carry out the purposes of the college and not otherwise proscribed by law.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by law, may establish and erect such new facilities as determined by the board to be necessary for the college.

(6) May acquire real and other property as provided in RCW 28B.10.020, as now or hereafter amended.

(7) Except as otherwise provided by law, may purchase all supplies and purchase or lease equipment and other personal property needed for the operation or maintenance of the college.

(8) May establish, lease, operate, equip and maintain self-supporting facilities in the manner provided in RCW 28B.10.300 through 28B.10.330, as now or hereafter amended.

(9) Except as otherwise provided by law, to enter into such contracts as the trustees deem essential to college purposes.

(10) May receive such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises and bequests of real or personal property from whatsoever source, as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying out the college programs; sell, lease or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof except as limited by the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt regulations to govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof.

Beginning January 1, 1992, the following standards for corporate activity shall be considered by the board without limitation, for investments in United States corporations operating in Northern Ireland:

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

Sec. 7. RCW 28B.50.090 and 1982 c 50 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The college board shall have general supervision and control over the state system of community colleges. In addition to the other powers and duties imposed upon the college board by this chapter, the college board shall be charged with the following powers, duties and responsibilities:

(1) Review the budgets prepared by the community college boards of trustees, prepare a single budget for the support of the state system of community colleges and adult education, and submit this budget to the governor as provided in RCW 43.88.090; the coordinating council shall assist with the preparation of the community college budget that has to do with vocational education programs;

(2) Establish guidelines for the disbursement of funds; and receive and disburse such funds for adult education and maintenance and operation and capital support of the community college districts in conformance with the state and district budgets, and in conformance with chapter 43.88 RCW;

(3) Ensure, through the full use of its authority:

(a) that each community college district shall offer thoroughly comprehensive educational, training and service programs to meet the needs of both the communities and students served by combining, with equal emphasis, high standards of excellence in academic transfer courses; realistic and practical courses in occupational education, both graded and ungraded; and community services of an educational, cultural, and recreational nature; and adult education: PROVIDED, That notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a community college shall not be required to offer a program of vocational-technical training, when such a program as approved by the coordinating council for occupational education is already operating in the district;

(b) that each community college district shall maintain an open-door policy, to the end that no student will be denied admission because of the location of his residence or because of his educational background or ability; that, insofar as is practical in the judgment of the college board, curriculum offerings will be provided to meet the educational and training needs of the community generally and the students thereof; and that all students, regardless of their differing courses of study, will be considered, known and recognized equally as members of the student body: PROVIDED, That the administrative officers of a community college may deny admission to a prospective student or attendance to an enrolled student if, in their judgment, he would not be competent to profit from the curriculum offerings of the community college, or would, by his presence or conduct, create a disruptive atmosphere within the community college not consistent with the purposes of the institution;

(4) Prepare a comprehensive master plan for the development of community college education and training in the state; and assist the office of financial management in the preparation of enrollment projections to support plans for providing adequate community college facilities in all areas of the state;

(5) Define and administer criteria and guidelines for the establishment of new community colleges or campuses within the existing districts;

(6) Establish criteria and procedures for modifying district boundary lines consistent with the purposes set forth in RCW 28B.50.020 as now or hereafter amended and in accordance therewith make such changes as it deems advisable;

(7) Establish minimum standards to govern the operation of the community colleges with respect to:

(a) qualifications and credentials of instructional and key administrative personnel, except as otherwise provided in the state plan for vocational education,

(b) internal budgeting, accounting, auditing, and financial procedures as necessary to supplement the general requirements prescribed pursuant to chapter 43.88 RCW,

(c) the content of the curriculums and other educational and training programs, and the requirement for degrees and certificates awarded by the colleges,

(d) standard admission policies,

(e) eligibility of courses to receive state fund support;

(8) Establish and administer criteria and procedures for all capital construction including the establishment, installation, and expansion of facilities within the various community college districts;

(9) Encourage innovation in the development of new educational and training programs and instructional methods; coordinate research efforts to this end; and disseminate the findings thereof;

(10) Exercise any other powers, duties and responsibilities necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;

(11) Authorize the various community colleges to offer programs and courses in other districts when it determines that such action is consistent with the purposes set forth in RCW 28B.50.020 as now or hereafter amended;

(12) Notwithstanding any other law or statute regarding the sale of state property, sell or exchange and convey any or all interest in any community college real and personal property, except such property as is received by a community college district in accordance with RCW 28B.50.140(8), when it determines that such property is surplus or that such a sale or exchange is in the best interests of the community college system;

(13) In order that the treasurer for the state board for community college education appointed in accordance with RCW 28B.50.085 may make vendor payments, the state treasurer will honor warrants drawn by the state board providing for an initial advance on July 1, 1982, of the current biennium and on July 1 of each succeeding biennium from the state general fund in an amount equal to twenty-four percent of the average monthly allotment for such budgeted biennium expenditures for the state board for community college education as certified by the office of financial management; and at the conclusion of such initial month and for each succeeding month of any biennium, the state treasurer will reimburse expenditures incurred and reported monthly by the state board treasurer in accordance with chapter 43.88 RCW: PROVIDED, That the reimbursement to the state board for actual expenditures incurred in the final month of each biennium shall be less the initial advance made in such biennium;

(14) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (12) of this section, may receive such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises, and bequests of real or personal property from private sources as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying out the community college programs and may sell, lease or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof according to the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt regulations to govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof.

(a) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(b) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(d) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(e) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(f) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(h) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(i) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

The college board shall have the power of eminent domain.

Sec. 8. RCW 35.39.060 and 1982 c 166 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

Any city or town now or hereafter operating an employees' pension system with the approval of the board otherwise responsible for management of its respective funds may invest, reinvest, manage, contract, sell, or exchange investments acquired. Investments shall be made in accordance with investment policy duly established and published by the board. In discharging its duties under this section, the board shall act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent ((~~man~~)) person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; shall diversify the investments of the employees' pension system so as to minimize the risk of large losses; and shall act in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the employees' pension system, insofar as such documents and instruments are consistent with the provisions of this title.

Beginning January 1, 1992, the following standards for corporate activity shall be considered, without limitation, for investments in United States corporations operating in Northern Ireland:

(1) Increasing the representation of individuals from underrepresented religious groups in the work force including managerial, supervisory, administrative, clerical, and technical jobs.

(2) Providing adequate security for the protection of minority employees both at the workplace and while traveling to and from work.

(3) The banning of provocative religious or political emblems from the workplace.

(4) Publicly advertising all job openings and making special recruitment efforts to attract applicants from underrepresented religious groups.

(5) Providing that layoff, recall, and termination procedures should not in practice favor particular religious groupings.

(6) The abolition of job reservations, apprenticeship restrictions, and differential employment criteria which discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnic origin.

(7) The development of training programs that will prepare substantial numbers of current minority employees for skilled jobs, including the expansion of existing programs and the creation of new programs to train, upgrade, and improve the skills of minority employees.

(8) The establishment of procedures to assess, identify, and actively recruit minority employees with potential for further advancements.

(9) The appointment of senior management staff members to oversee affirmative action efforts and the setting up of time tables to carry out affirmative action principles.

Sec. 9. RCW 41.40.077 and 1977 ex.s. c 251 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

Any investments under RCW 43.84.150 shall be made with the exercise of that degree of judgment and care, under circumstances then prevailing, which ((~~men~~)) persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation but for investment, considering the probable safety of their capital as well as the probable income to be derived.