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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1344

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by Representatives Mielke, Doumit, Pennington, Alexander, Boldt, Hatfield, Bush and Smith)

Read first time 03/05/97.

Requiring county legislative authorities to include a summary of public testimony in the written minutes. 

    AN ACT Relating to minutes of meetings held by county legislative authorities; and adding a new section to chapter 36.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 36.32 RCW to read as follows:

    Voice recordings or written minutes must be kept of every public meeting of a county legislative authority and shall include any public testimony taken, but this requirement shall not apply to executive sessions.  Copies of the voice recordings or minutes shall be available to the public at a reasonable fee.

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