BILL REQ. #:  S-3299.1 

Read first time 01/22/14.   Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

     AN ACT Relating to removing the requirement that candidates and authorized political committees must file contribution and expenditure reports electronically; and amending RCW 42.17A.245.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.17A.245 and 2011 c 145 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Each ((candidate or)) political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee, that expended five thousand dollars or more in the preceding year or expects to expend five thousand dollars or more in the current year shall file all contribution reports and expenditure reports required by this chapter by the electronic alternative provided by the commission under RCW 42.17A.055. ((The commission may make exceptions on a case-by-case basis for candidates whose authorized committees lack the technological ability to file reports using the electronic alternative provided by the commission.)) Each candidate or authorized committee of a candidate, that expended five thousand dollars or more in the preceding year or expects to expend five thousand dollars or more in the current year may file contribution reports and expenditure reports required by this chapter in written form by electronic mail or facsimile or by the electronic alternative provided by the commission under RCW 42.17A.055.
     (2) Failure by a ((candidate or)) political committee to comply with this section is a violation of this chapter.