| Passed by the Senate March 8, 2012 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 6, 2012 YEAS 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5355 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 29, 2012, 7:22 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 29, 2012 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2012 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 01/13/12.
AN ACT Relating to special meetings; and amending RCW 42.30.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 42.30.080 and 2005 c 273 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) A special meeting may be called at any time by the presiding
officer of the governing body of a public agency or by a majority of
the members of the governing body by delivering written notice
personally, by mail, by fax, or by electronic mail to each member of
the governing body((; and)). Written notice shall be deemed waived in
the following circumstances:
(a) A member submits a written waiver of notice with the clerk or
secretary of the governing body at or prior to the time the meeting
convenes. A written waiver may be given by telegram, fax, or
electronic mail; or
(b) A member is actually present at the time the meeting convenes.
(2) Notice of a special meeting called under subsection (1) of this
section shall be:
(a) Delivered to each local newspaper of general circulation and
((to
each)) local radio or television station ((which)) that has on
file with the governing body a written request to be notified of such
special meeting or of all special meetings;
(b) Posted on the agency's web site. An agency is not required to
post a special meeting notice on its web site if it (i) does not have
a web site; (ii) employs fewer than ten full-time equivalent employees;
or (iii) does not employ personnel whose duty, as defined by a job
description or existing contract, is to maintain or update the web
site; and
(c) Prominently displayed at the main entrance of the agency's
principal location and the meeting site if it is not held at the
agency's principal location.
Such notice must be delivered ((personally, by mail, by fax, or by
electronic mail)) or posted, as applicable, at least twenty-four hours
before the time of such meeting as specified in the notice.
(3) The call and notices required under subsections (1) and (2) of
this section shall specify the time and place of the special meeting
and the business to be transacted. Final disposition shall not be
taken on any other matter at such meetings by the governing body.
((Such written notice may be dispensed with as to any member who at or
prior to the time the meeting convenes files with the clerk or
secretary of the governing body a written waiver of notice. Such
waiver may be given by telegram, by fax, or electronic mail. Such
written notice may also be dispensed with as to any member who is
actually present at the meeting at the time it convenes.))
(4) The notices provided in this section may be dispensed with in
the event a special meeting is called to deal with an emergency
involving injury or damage to persons or property or the likelihood of
such injury or damage, when time requirements of such notice would make
notice impractical and increase the likelihood of such injury or
damage.