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                         SENATE BILL 6132

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

By Senator Fairley

Read first time 01/08/96.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Limiting the exemption from campaign financing disclosure requirements to political subdivisions under one thousand population.

    AN ACT Relating to campaign financing; and amending RCW 42.17.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17.030 and 1987 c 295 s 18 are each amended to read as follows:

    The provisions of this chapter relating to the financing of election campaigns shall apply in all election campaigns other than (1) for precinct committee officer; (2) for a federal elective office; and (3) for an office of a political subdivision of the state that does not encompass a whole county and that contains fewer than ((five)) one thousand registered voters as of the date of the most recent general election in the subdivision, unless required by RCW 42.17.405 (2) through (5).

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