SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 6650

              As Passed Senate, February 14, 1998

Title:  An act relating to employment contract exceptions to school district officers' conflicts of interest.

Brief Description:  Changing the scope of employment contract exceptions to school district officers' conflicts of interest.

Sponsors:  Senators Hochstatter and McAuliffe.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Education:  1/27/98, 2/3/98 [DP].

Passed Senate, 2/14/98, 47-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Hochstatter, Chair; Finkbeiner, Vice Chair; Goings, Johnson, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Zarelli.

Staff:  Susan Mielke (786-7422)

Background:  Currently, RCW 42.23.030 prohibits officers of municipalities and school districts to benefit from contracts (including employment contracts) entered into on behalf of the municipality or school district, with limited exceptions.  Some of the exceptions apply to both second class and first class school districts.

There is an education statute that requires second class school districts to adopt a policy governing employment contracts authorized under RCW 42.23.030.  However, there is no requirement for first class school districts to adopt such a policy.

Summary of Bill:  The education statute requiring a policy governing employment contracts is expanded to include all school districts.  The statute is moved from a section of the code applicable only to second class school districts to a section of the code applicable to all school districts.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  This bill is a technical fix to correct an incongruence between two statutes.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Lorraine Wilson, WSSDA (pro).