1379-S AMH PELL ZOLL 049

  

SHB 1379 - H AMD 270

By Representative Pellicciotti

WITHDRAWN 03/08/2019

On page 2, beginning on line 16, strike all of subsection (1) and insert the following:

"(1) For any requirement to include the top three contributors under RCW 42.17A.320 or any other provision of this chapter, the sponsor must identify the three persons or entities making the largest contributions to the sponsor in excess of one thousand dollars reportable under this chapter during the twelve-month period preceding the date on which the advertisement is initially to be published or otherwise presented to the public.

(2) If one or more of the top three contributors identified under subsection (1) of this section is a political committee, the top three contributors to each of those political committees during the same period must then be identified. Of those contributors to political committees, the sponsor must identify the three persons or entities making the largest contributions in excess of one thousand dollars reportable under this chapter during the same period. The names of those top three persons or entities must be displayed in the advertisement alongside the statement "Top Three Donors to PAC Contributors.""

Renumber the remaining subsections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

On page 3, beginning on line 1, after "top" strike "five contributors under subsection (1)" and insert "three contributors or donors under subsections (1) or (2)"

On page 3, beginning on line 4, after "section" strike all material through "sponsor" on line 6 and insert "that occurs because the persons or entities making the largest contributions to any political committee identified under subsection (1) of this section have not reported those contributions to the commission"

On page 3, beginning on line 8, after "purposes of" strike "top five contributors information" and insert "the top three contributors or donors disclaimer"

On page 3, at the beginning of line 34, strike "Five" and insert "((Five)) Three"

On page 3, line 34, after "names of the" strike "five" and insert "((five)) three"

On page 3, line 38, after "2" insert "(1)"

On page 3, line 38, after "act" insert "; and if necessary under section 2(2) of this act, the statement "Top Three Donors to PAC Contributors," followed by a listing of the names of the three persons or entities making the largest contributions to political committees as determined by section 2(2) of this act"

On page 4, line 25, after "top" strike "five contributors" and insert "three contributors or donors"

On page 4, line 29, after "Top" strike "Five" and insert "((Five)) Three"

On page 4, line 30, after "names of the" strike "five" and insert "((five)) three"

On page 4, line 34, after "2" insert "(1)"

On page 4, line 35, after "act" insert "; and if necessary under section 2(2) of this act, the statement "Top Three Donors to PAC Contributors," followed by a listing of the names of the three persons or entities making the largest contributions to political committees as determined by section 2(2) of this act"

On page 5, line 4, after "Top" strike "Five" and insert "((Five)) Three"

On page 5, line 5, after "names of the" strike "five" and insert "((five)) three"

On page 5, line 9, after "2" insert "(1)"

On page 5, line 10, after "act" insert "; and if necessary under section 2(2) of this act, the statement "Top Three Donors to PAC Contributors," followed by a listing of the names of the three persons or entities making the largest contributions to political committees as determined by section 2(2) of this act"

On page 5, beginning on line 15, after "on the" strike all material through "section" on line 16 and insert "(("Top Five Contributors" consistent with subsections (2), (4), and (5) of this section)) top three contributors or donors as required by section 2 of this act"

On page 5, line 19, after "the" strike ""Top Five Contributors" information required by this section" and insert "(("Top Five Contributors" information required by this section)) top three contributors or donors as required by section 2 of this act"

On page 5, beginning on line 22, after "address, and" strike ""Top Five Contributor" information" and insert "(("Top Five Contributor" information)) the top three contributors or donors"

EFFECT: Requires a disclaimer displaying the sponsor's top three contributors, rather than the top five contributors as in current law. Removes the bill's new process for determining the top five contributors. Adds a requirement to display the top three donors to political committees that are among the sponsor's top three contributors. Eliminates a sponsor's liability for a violation of this section that occurs because the largest contributors to the contributing political committees have not reported those contributions to the Public Disclosure Commission.

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