BILL REQ. #:  H-0831.1 

Read first time 01/16/09.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.

     AN ACT Relating to ethical conduct with regard to private gain; and amending RCW 42.52.160.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.52.160 and 1996 c 213 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No state officer or state employee may employ or use any person, money, or property under the officer's or employee's official control or direction, or in his or her official custody, for the private benefit or gain of the officer, employee, or another.
     (2) This section does not prohibit the use of public resources to benefit others as part of a state officer's or state employee's official duties.
     (3) This section does not prohibit the selling of merchandise or services under the terms of a contract with an official wellness program of a state agency.
     (4) The appropriate ethics boards may adopt rules providing exceptions to this section for occasional use of the state officer or state employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does not result in interference with the proper performance of public duties.