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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 334

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Belcher, Allen, R. King, Sayan, K. Wilson, Meyers, Spanel, B. Williams, Vekich, Holm, Cole, Haugen, Taylor, Pruitt, Fisch and Wineberry

Read first time 1/26/87 and referred to Committee on State Government.

AN ACT Relating to minority and women's business enterprises; and amending RCW 42.17.2401.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 34, Laws of 1984 as amended by section 8, chapter 6, Laws of 1985 and RCW 42.17.2401 are each amended to read as follows:

          For the purposes of RCW 42.17.240, the term "executive state officer" includes:

          (1) The chief administrative law judge, the director of financial management, the director of personnel, the director of community development, the director of the state system of community colleges, the executive director of the data processing authority, the executive secretary of the forest practices appeals board, the director of the gambling commission, the director of the higher education personnel board, the secretary of transportation, the executive secretary of the horse racing commission, the executive secretary of the human rights commission, the administrator of the interagency committee for outdoor recreation, the director of parks and recreation, the executive secretary of the board of prison terms and paroles, the administrator of the public disclosure commission, the director of retirement systems, the secretary of the utilities and transportation commission, the executive secretary of the board of tax appeals, the secretary of the state finance committee, the president of each of the regional and state universities and the president of The Evergreen State College, each district and each campus president of each state community college;

          (2) Each professional staff member of the office of the governor;

          (3) Each professional staff member of the legislature; ((and))

          (4) Each member of the state board for community college education, data processing authority, forest practices board, forest practices appeals board, gambling commission, game commission, higher education personnel board, transportation commission, horse racing commission, human rights commission, board of industrial insurance appeals, liquor control board, interagency committee for outdoor recreation, parks and recreation commission, personnel board, personnel appeals board, board of prison terms and paroles, public disclosure commission, public employees' retirement system board, public pension commission, University of Washington board of regents, Washington State University board of regents, board of tax appeals, teachers' retirement system board of trustees, Central Washington University board of trustees, Eastern Washington University board of trustees, The Evergreen State College board of trustees,  Western Washington University board of trustees, board of trustees of each community college, state housing finance commission, and the utilities and transportation commission; and

(5) Each employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof who is responsible for certifying minority and women-owned businesses for the purposes of chapter 39.19 RCW.  The public disclosure commission shall determine which employees are subject to this subsection.