PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Reporting of field trips and other excursions.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 42.17.370(1).
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: RCW 42.17.170 requires registered lobbyists to file periodic reports disclosing lobbying expenditures. The monthly report must include a listing of each payment for an item specified in RCW 42.52.150(5) in excess of fifty dollars and each item specified in RCW 42.52.010 (9)(d) and (f) made to a state elected official, state officer, or state employee.
RCW 42.17.241 requires state elected officials, executive state officers and candidates to list each occasion, specifying date, donor and amount, at which food and beverage in excess of fifty dollars was accepted under RCW 42.52.150(5) and items specified in RCW 42.52.010 (9)(d) and (f).
The proposed rule would clarify the reporting requirements for field trips and other excursions as outlined in PDC Interpretation Number 00-01 adopted on April 25, 2000.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: At its meeting on August 22, 2000, the commission is expected to discuss whether to move forward with the new rule. Public comment will be welcome at this meeting. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by August 21, 2000, to Doug Ellis, Public Disclosure Commission, P.O. Box 40908, Olympia, WA 98504-0908.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting the PDC Director of Public Outreach Doug Ellis, Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, P.O. Box 40908, Olympia, WA 98504-0908, phone (360) 664-2735, toll free 1-877-601-2828, fax (360) 753-1112, e-mail dellis@pdc.wa.gov. A public hearing on these matters may occur on October 24, 2000.
August 2, 2000
V. Rippie
Executive Director