BILL REQ. #:  S-1287.1 

Read first time 02/12/09.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to campaign contribution limitations prior to and during legislative sessions; and reenacting and amending RCW 42.17.710.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.17.710 and 2006 c 348 s 5 and 2006 c 344 s 31 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     (1) During the period beginning on ((the thirtieth day before)) the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing through the date of final adjournment, and during the period beginning on the date a special legislative session convenes and continuing through the date that session adjourns, no state official or a person employed by or acting on behalf of a state official or state legislator may solicit or accept contributions to a public office fund, to a candidate or authorized committee, or to retire a campaign debt. Contributions received through the mail on or after ((the thirtieth day before)) the date a regular legislative session convenes may be accepted if the contribution is postmarked prior to ((the thirtieth day before)) the date the session convenes.
     (2) This section does not apply to activities authorized in RCW 43.07.370.