5899-S AAS 3/16/99

SSB 5899 - S AMD - 207

    By Senators Horn and Patterson

                                                   ADOPTED 3/16/99

    On page 3, after line 30, delete the rest of the section and insert the following:

    "(6) Beginning on the first day of an election cycle, a candidate who has not complied with an order issued under RCW 42.17.390 or this section during the previous election cycle, and the remedies imposed thereunder, shall not solicit or accept contributions or make expenditures until the candidate has complied with the order and the remedies so imposed.

(7)(a) Beginning on the first day of an election cycle, a political committee that has not complied with an order issued under RCW 42.17.390 or this section during the previous election cycle, and the remedies imposed thereunder, shall not solicit or accept contributions or make expenditures until it has complied with the order and the remedies so imposed.  This restriction applies to the political committee against whom the order and remedies were issued as well as a political committee that has a majority of the same officers as the committee that is subject to the order.

(b) Beginning on the first day of an election cycle, a political committee that has an officer who has not complied with an order issued under RCW 42.17.390 or this section during the previous election cycle, and the remedies imposed thereunder, shall not solicit or accept contributions or make expenditures until the officer has complied with the order and the remedies so imposed.  This restriction applies to the committee of which the individual subject to the order was an officer at the time of the violation as well as any other political committee of which the individual is an officer.

(8) Beginning on January 1 of each year, a person who has not complied with an order issued under RCW 42.17.390 or this section during the previous year, and the remedies imposed thereunder, shall not register as a lobbyist, receive compensation as a lobbyist, or make expenditures for lobbying expenses until the person has complied with the order and the remedies so imposed.  If the person is presently registered as a lobbyist or a lobbyist employer, the commission may suspend or revoke the person's registration.

(9) Beginning on January 1 of each year, a sponsor of a grass roots lobbying campaign that has not complied with an order issued under RCW 42.17.390 or this section during the previous year, and the remedies imposed thereunder, may not receive contributions or make expenditures for grass roots lobbying purposes until the sponsor has complied with the order and the remedies so imposed."

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EFFECT: To clarify the time after which candidates, political committees, and lobbyists that have failed to pay fines must cease engaging in campaign and/or lobbying activities until the fines are paid.