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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter
42.56 RCW to read as follows:
At the request of a nonprofit organization, an agency must arrange to distribute written material to its employees on behalf of the nonprofit organization, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The agency may either distribute the written material to employees at work or arrange to send the written material to employees' home mailing addresses via postal mail.
(2) The agency must not disclose any information exempt from public inspection and copying under RCW
42.56.250 to the nonprofit organization.
(3) The nonprofit organization must:
(a) Be registered with the secretary of state;
(b) Create the written material;
(c) Use the written material to inform public employees about constitutional, legal, or civil rights; and
(d) Pay for or reimburse the agency for all costs involved in distributing or mailing the written material.
(4) The written material must not:
(a) Solicit contributions;
(b) Promote commercial goods or services;
(c) Support or oppose political candidates or ballot measures; or
(d) Contain content that is threatening, violent, or obscene.
(5) The agency may decline to distribute or send more than four pieces of written material per calendar year to its employees on behalf of any nonprofit organization so requesting."
(2) Requires the nonprofit organization to pay for or reimburse the agency for mailing and distribution costs.
(3) Allows an agency to decline to distribute material on behalf of a nonprofit organization on more than four occasions in a calendar year.