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                         SENATE BILL 5042

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Winsley and Haugen

Read first time 01/09/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Directing cities and towns to deliver copies of new ordinances to the municipal research council.

    AN ACT Relating to ordinance information pooling; amending RCW 35A.39.010; and adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) It is the purpose of this section to provide a means whereby all cities and towns may obtain, through a single source, information regarding ordinances of other cities and towns that may be of assistance to them in enacting appropriate local legislation.

    (2) For the purposes of this section, (a) "clerk" means the city or town clerk or other person who is lawfully designated to perform the recordkeeping function of that office, and (b) "municipal research council" means the municipal research council created by chapter 43.110 RCW.

    (3) The clerk of every city and town is directed to provide to the municipal research council or its designee, promptly after adoption, a copy of each of its regulatory ordinances and such other ordinances or kinds of ordinances as may be described in a list or lists promulgated by the municipal research council or its designee from time to time, and may provide such copies without charge.  The municipal research council may provide that information to the entity with which it contracts for the provision of municipal research and services, in order to provide a pool of information for all cities and towns in the state of Washington.

    (4) This section is intended to be directory and not mandatory.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 35A.39.010 and 1967 ex.s. c 119 s 35A.39.010 are each amended to read as follows:

    Every code city shall keep a journal of minutes of its legislative meetings with orders, resolutions and ordinances passed, and records of the proceedings of any city department, division or commission performing quasi judicial functions as required by ordinances of the city and general laws of the state and shall keep such records open to the public as required by RCW 42.32.030 and shall keep and preserve all public records and publications or reproduce and destroy the same as provided by Title 40 RCW.  Each code city ((shall provide three copies of each of its ordinances of general application to the association of Washington cities without charge and)) may duplicate and sell copies of its ordinances at fees reasonably calculated to defray the cost of such duplication and handling.

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