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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6651
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Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/22/96.
Referred to Committee on Energy, Telecommunications & Utilities.
Allowing public
record storage on compact disc.
AN
ACT Relating to storage of public records on compact discs; and amending RCW
40.14.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
40.14.010 and 1982 c 36 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
As
used in this chapter, the term "public records" shall include any
paper, correspondence, completed form, bound record book, photograph, film,
sound recording, map drawing, machine-readable material, compact disc
meeting current industry ISO specifications, or other document, regardless
of physical form or characteristics, and including such copies thereof, that
have been made by or received by any agency of the state of Washington in
connection with the transaction of public business, and legislative records as
described in RCW 40.14.100.
For
the purposes of this chapter, public records shall be classified as follows:
(1)
Official public records shall include all original vouchers, receipts, and
other documents necessary to isolate and prove the validity of every
transaction relating to the receipt, use, and disposition of all public
property and public income from all sources whatsoever; all agreements and
contracts to which the state of Washington or any agency thereof may be a
party; all fidelity, surety, and performance bonds; all claims filed against
the state of Washington or any agency thereof; all records or documents
required by law to be filed with or kept by any agency of the state of
Washington; all legislative records as defined in RCW 40.14.100; and all other
documents or records determined by the records committee, created in RCW
40.14.050, to be official public records.
(2) Office files and memoranda include such records as
correspondence, exhibits, drawings, maps, completed forms, or documents not
above defined and classified as official public records; duplicate copies of
official public records filed with any agency of the state of Washington;
documents and reports made for the internal administration of the office to
which they pertain but not required by law to be filed or kept with such
agency; and other documents or records as determined by the records committee
to be office files and memoranda.
