| Passed by the House March 3, 2009 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 9, 2009 Yeas 45 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1319 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/17/09.
AN ACT Relating to the application of certain ethics provisions to school district employees; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.400 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 28A.400
RCW to read as follows:
(1) No school district employee may employ or use any person,
money, or property under the employee's official control or direction,
in his or her official custody, without authorization, for the private
benefit or gain of the employee or another.
(2) This section does not prohibit the use of public resources to
benefit others as part of the employee's official duties.
(3) Each school district board of directors may adopt policies
providing exceptions to this section for occasional use of the
employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does not result
in interference with the proper performance of public duties.
(4) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall
adopt disciplinary guidelines for violations of this section.