BILL REQ. #:  S-1671.1 

Read first time 02/16/09.   Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.

     AN ACT Relating to exempting institutions of higher education that do not use archives and records management services from payment for those services; and amending RCW 40.14.025.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 40.14.025 and 2003 c 163 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary of state and the director of financial management shall jointly establish a procedure and formula for allocating the costs of services provided by the division of archives and records management to state agencies. The total amount allotted for services to state agencies shall not exceed the appropriation to the archives and records management account during any allotment period.
     (2) There is created the archives and records management account in the state treasury which shall consist of all fees and charges collected under this section. The account shall be appropriated exclusively for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the operation of the division of archives and records management as specified by law.
     (3) Institutions of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, that do not use the services of the division of archives and records management are not subject to its cost allocation procedure or formula and are not required to pay the fees or charges in this section.