HB 2366 - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

     Authorizes the secretary of state to fund oral history activities through donations as provided in RCW 43.07.037.  The activities may include, but not be limited to, conducting interviews, preparing and indexing transcripts, publishing transcripts and photographs, and presenting displays and programs.  Donations that do not meet the criteria of the oral history program may not be accepted.

     Authorizes the archivist to solicit, accept, and expend donations as provided in RCW 43.07.037 for the purpose of the archive program.  These purposes include, but are not limited to, acquisition, accession, interpretation, and display of archival materials.  Donations that do not meet the criteria of the archive program may not be accepted.

     Declares that, when soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the limited purposes of RCW 43.07.037, members of the office of secretary of state and oral history advisory committee are exempt from chapter 42.52 RCW.