CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1153

Chapter 305, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



ARCHIVES--CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House February 28, 2003
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 16, 2003
  Yeas 48   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1153 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 14, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 14, 2003 - 3:35 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1153
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Haigh, Miloscia, Armstrong, Hunt, Nixon, Shabro and Mielke; by request of Secretary of State)

READ FIRST TIME 02/11/03.   



     AN ACT Relating to the confidential nature of public records transferred to the state archives; and amending RCW 40.14.030.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 40.14.030 and 1957 c 246 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) All public records, not required in the current operation of the office where they are made or kept, and all records of every agency, commission, committee, or any other activity of state government which may be abolished or discontinued, shall be transferred to the state archives so that the valuable historical records of the state may be centralized, made more widely available, and insured permanent preservation: PROVIDED, That this section shall have no application to public records approved for destruction under the subsequent provisions of this chapter.
     When so transferred, copies of the public records concerned shall be made and certified by the archivist, which certification shall have the same force and effect as though made by the officer originally in charge of them. Fees may be charged to cover the cost of reproduction. In turning over the archives of his office, the officer in charge thereof, or his successor, thereby loses none of his rights of access to them, without charge, whenever necessary.
     (2) Records that are confidential, privileged, or exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law while in the possession of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other entity of state or local government retain their confidential, privileged, or exempt status after transfer to the state archives unless the archivist, with the concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, determines that the records must be made accessible to the public according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state, in which case the records may be open to inspection and available for copying after the expiration of seventy-five years from creation of the record. If the originating jurisdiction is no longer in existence, the archivist shall make the determination of availability according to such rules. If, while in the possession of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other entity, any record is determined to be confidential, privileged, or exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law for a period of less than seventy-five years, then the record, with the concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, must be made accessible to the public upon the expiration of the shorter period of time according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state.


         Passed by the House February 28, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 16, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 14, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 14, 2003.