HB 2511-S - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/10/98)

     Declares that RCW 42.52.030 does not apply to a state officer or employee who is a member of a board, commission, or committee if the officer's or employee's beneficial interest in the person involved in the transaction is ten thousand dollars or less.

     Requires that a state officer or employee who is a member of a board, commission, or committee and whose beneficial interest in the person involved in the transaction exceeds ten thousand dollars or one percent of the value of the person involved in the transaction must:  (1) Disclose the interest;

     (2) recuse himself or herself from voting on the transaction; and

     (3) not influence or attempt to influence the vote of any other member of the board, commission, or committee.