BILL REQ. #:  H-3721.7 

Prefiled 12/28/07. Read first time 01/14/08.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to protection of personal information about commissioned peace officers and their families; and amending RCW 42.56.230.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.56.230 and 2005 c 274 s 403 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following personal information is exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter:
     (1) Personal information in any files maintained for students in public schools, patients or clients of public institutions or public health agencies, or welfare recipients;
     (2) Personal information in files maintained for employees, appointees, or elected officials of any public agency to the extent that disclosure would violate their right to privacy;
     (3) Personal information about a commissioned peace officer, the officer's family, or both; or information that could easily lead to the discovery of the personal information; and that is not necessary for the effective operation of a law enforcement agency.
     (a) Such information includes, but is not limited to, residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, property and tax records, and commissioned peace officers' birth dates other than year of birth, as otherwise provided in this section.
     (b) The full name, year of birth, and photograph of individual commissioned peace officers shall be disclosed pursuant to specific requests for information about the individual officer, but the officer, the officer's immediate supervisor, or both, must be notified of the request and provided the name and city or county of the requester before it may be disseminated;
     (4) Information required of any taxpayer in connection with the assessment or collection of any tax if the disclosure of the information to other persons would (a) be prohibited to such persons by RCW 84.08.210, 82.32.330, 84.40.020, or 84.40.340 or (b) violate the taxpayer's right to privacy or result in unfair competitive disadvantage to the taxpayer; and
     (((4))) (5) Credit card numbers, debit card numbers, electronic check numbers, card expiration dates, or bank or other financial account numbers, except when disclosure is expressly required by or governed by other law.