BILL REQ. #:  H-1131.1 

Read first time 01/25/2007.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to reporting by lobbyists and lobbyists' employers; and amending RCW 42.17.3691.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.17.3691 and 2000 c 237 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) ((Beginning January 1, 2002, each candidate or political committee that expended twenty-five thousand dollars or more in the preceding year or expects to expend twenty-five thousand dollars or more in the current year shall file all contribution reports and expenditure reports required by this chapter by the electronic alternative provided by the commission under RCW 42.17.369. The commission may make exceptions on a case-by-case basis for candidates whose authorized committees lack the technological ability to file reports using the electronic alternative provided by the commission.
     (2) Beginning January 1, 2004,)) Each candidate or political committee that expended ten thousand dollars or more in the preceding year or expects to expend ten thousand dollars or more in the current year shall file all contribution reports and expenditure reports required by this chapter by the electronic alternative provided by the commission under RCW 42.17.369. The commission may make exceptions on a case-by-case basis for candidates whose authorized committees lack the technological ability to file reports using the electronic alternative provided by the commission.
     (2) By June 30, 2008, each lobbyist and lobbyist employer required to report under RCW 42.17.150, 42.17.170, 42.17.175, or 42.17.180 shall file by the electronic alternative provided by the commission under RCW 42.17.369.
     (3) Failure by a candidate ((or)), political committee, lobbyist, or lobbyist employer to comply with this section is a violation of this chapter.