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HOUSE BILL NO. 1033
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C 137 L 89
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1989 Regular Session
By Representatives H. Sommers, Fuhrman, Brekke, Silver and Sayan; by request of Legislative Budget Committee
Read first time 1/11/89 and referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to approval of legislative budget committee vouchers; and amending RCW 44.28.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 15, chapter 43, Laws of 1951 as amended by section 7, chapter 206, Laws of 1955 and RCW 44.28.050 are each amended to read as follows:
All
expenses incurred by the committee, including salaries and expenses of
employees, shall be paid upon voucher forms as provided by the auditor ((and
signed by the chairman or vice chairman of the committee and attested by the
secretary of said committee, and the authority of said chairman and secretary
to sign vouchers shall continue until their)). The legislative auditor
may be authorized by the legislative budget committee's executive committee to
sign vouchers. Such authorization shall specify a dollar limitation and be set
out in writing. A monthly report of such vouchers shall be submitted to the
executive committee. If authorization is not given to the legislative auditor
then the chair, or the vice-chair in the chair's absence, is authorized to sign
vouchers. This authority shall continue until the chair's or vice-chair's
successors are selected after each ensuing session of the legislature.
Vouchers may be drawn on funds appropriated generally by the legislature for
legislative expenses or upon any special appropriation which may be provided by
the legislature for the expenses of the committee or both.