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HOUSE
BILL 1241
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/20/97. Referred to Committee on Government Administration.
Limiting political activities of citizen members of the legislative
ethics board.
AN
ACT Relating to the citizen members of the legislative ethics board; and
amending RCW 42.52.380.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
42.52.380 and 1994 c 154 s 208 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
No member of the executive ethics board ((and none of the five citizen
members of the legislative ethics board)) may (((1))) (a)
hold or campaign for partisan elective office other than the position of
precinct committeeperson, or any full-time nonpartisan office; (((2))) (b)
be an officer of any political party or political committee as defined in
chapter 42.17 RCW other than the position of precinct committeeperson; (((3)))
(c) permit his or her name to be used, or make contributions, in support
of or in opposition to any state candidate or state ballot measure; or (((4)))
(d) lobby or control, direct, or assist a lobbyist except that such
member may appear before any committee of the legislature on matters pertaining
to this chapter.
(2)
No citizen member of the legislative ethics board may (a) hold or campaign for
partisan elective office other than the position of precinct committeeperson,
or any full-time nonpartisan office; (b) be an officer of any political party
or political committee as defined in chapter 42.17 RCW, other than the position
of precinct committeeperson; (c) permit his or her name to be used, or make
contributions, in support of or in opposition to any legislative candidate, any
legislative caucus campaign committee that supports or opposes legislative
candidates, or any political action committee that supports or opposes
legislative candidates; or (d) engage in lobbying in the legislative branch
under circumstances not exempt, under RCW 42.17.160, from lobbyist registration
and reporting.
(3)
No citizen member of the legislative ethics board may hold or campaign for a
seat in the state house of representatives or the state senate within two years
of serving on the board if the citizen member opposes an incumbent who has been
the respondent in a complaint before the board.
Passed the House February 21, 1997.
Passed the Senate April 7, 1997.
Approved by the Governor
April 15, 1997.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 15, 1997.
