BILL REQ. #:  Z-0299.1 

Read first time 01/15/2003.   Referred to Committee on State Government.

     AN ACT Relating to ethics investigations; and amending RCW 42.52.450.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.52.450 and 1994 c 154 s 215 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) If a complaint alleges a violation of RCW 42.52.180 by a legislator or statewide elected official other than the attorney general, the attorney general shall, if requested by the appropriate ethics board, conduct the investigation under RCW 42.52.420 and recommend action ((to the appropriate ethics board)).
     (2) If a complaint alleges a violation of RCW 42.52.180 by the attorney general, the state auditor shall conduct the investigation under RCW 42.52.420 and recommend action to the appropriate ethics board.