CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6651

                    Chapter 71, Laws of 1996

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

        PUBLIC RECORDS--STORAGE ON COMPACT DISKS ALLOWED

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/6/96

Passed by the Senate February 7, 1996   YEAS 49   NAYS 0             JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate Passed by the House February 28, 1996   YEAS 96   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6651 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN                             Secretary

Approved March 13, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 13, 1996 - 1:40 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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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 Senators Finkbeiner, Drew, Haugen, Swecker, Winsley, Johnson and Strannigan

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.

    Passed the Senate February 7, 1996.

    Passed the House February 28, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 13, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 13, 1996.