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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3479

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Thompson, McCaslin, McManus and Zimmerman

Read first time 1/31/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to local government; and amending RCW 42.24.115 and 42.24.150.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 5, chapter 203, Laws of 1984 and RCW 42.24.115 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Any municipal corporation or political subdivision may provide for the issuance of charge cards to officers and employees for the sole purpose of covering expenses incident to authorized travel.

          (2) Upon billing or no later than ten days of the billing date, the officer or employee using a charge card issued under this section shall submit a fully itemized travel expense voucher.  Any charges against the charge card not properly identified on the travel or other expense voucher or not allowed following the audit required under RCW 42.24.080 shall be paid by the official or employee by check, United States currency, or salary deduction.

          (3) If, for any reason, disallowed charges are not repaid before the charge card billing is due and payable, the municipal corporation or political subdivision shall have a prior lien against and a right to withhold any and all funds payable or to become payable to the official or employee up to an amount of the disallowed charges and interest at the same rate as charged by the company which issued the charge card.  Any official or employee who has been issued a charge card by a municipal corporation or political subdivision shall not use the card if any disallowed charges are outstanding and shall surrender the card upon demand of the auditing officer.  The municipal corporation or political subdivision shall have unlimited authority to revoke use of any charge card issued under this section, and, upon such revocation order being delivered to the charge card company, shall not be liable for any costs.

(4) A municipal corporation or political subdivision may provide for the issuance of charge cards to officers and employees for the purpose of covering such other expenses as are authorized by resolution or ordinance.  Subsections (2) and (3) of this section apply to the issuance of charge cards for such other expenses.

        Sec. 2.  Section 4, chapter 74, Laws of 1969 and RCW 42.24.150 are each amended to read as follows:

As shall be established by the jurisdiction on or before the tenth day following the close of the authorized travel period for which expenses have been advanced to any officer or employee((, he)) or on or before the tenth day following each month in which such advance was furnished, the officer or employee shall submit to the appropriate official a fully itemized travel expense voucher, for all reimbursable items legally expended, accompanied by the unexpended portion of such advance, if any.

          Any advance made for this purpose, or any portion thereof, not repaid or accounted for in the time and manner specified herein, shall bear interest at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date of default until paid.