BILL REQ. #:  Z-0648.1 



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HOUSE BILL 2515
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State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By Representatives Christian, S. Hunt, Kretz, and Bergquist; by request of Office of Financial Management

Read first time 01/20/14.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to treatment of population enumeration data, including exempting from public inspection and copying; adding a new section to chapter 42.56 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 43.41 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 42.56 RCW to read as follows:
     Actual enumeration data collected under RCW 35.13.260, 35A.14.700, 36.13.030, and chapter 43.62 RCW shall be used and retained only by the office of financial management and only for the purposes of RCW 35.13.260, 35A.14.700, 36.13.030, and chapter 43.62 RCW. The enumeration data collected is confidential, is exempt from public inspection and copying under this chapter, and in accordance with section 2 of this act, must be destroyed after it is used.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.41 RCW to read as follows:
     The office must destroy enumeration data collected under RCW 35.13.260, 35A.14.700, 36.13.030, and chapter 43.62 RCW after it is used to produce the required population estimates.

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