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                         SENATE BILL 5972

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin, Wood, Winsley, Schow, Long, Morton, Oke, Stevens, Johnson, Deccio, Anderson, Hochstatter, Sellar, Heavey, Jacobsen, Rasmussen and Kohl

Read first time 02/24/97.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Clarifying the time limit for accepting contributions received by mail.

    AN ACT Relating to the time limit for accepting contributions received by mail; and amending RCW 42.17.710.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17.710 and 1993 c 2 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

    During the period beginning on the thirtieth day before the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing thirty days past the date of final adjournment, and during the period beginning on the date a special legislative session convenes and continuing through the date that session adjourns, no state official or a person employed by or acting on behalf of a state official or state legislator may solicit or accept contributions to a public office fund, to a candidate or authorized committee, or to retire a campaign debt.  A contribution that is received by mail may be accepted if the postmark is on a date that falls beyond the period proscribed in this section.

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