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                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1650

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Romero, Campbell, Rayburn, Chappell, Ludwig, Jacobsen, Veloria and Pruitt)

Read first time 03/03/93. 

Directing the attorney general to study the implementation of RCW 42.17.325.

          AN ACT Relating to public records; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The attorney general shall examine the implementation of RCW 42.17.325 regarding requests for reviews of decisions by state agencies to deny public access to records.  The attorney general shall report to the legislature the results of that examination and any recommendations of the attorney general regarding the review process.  The report shall be filed with the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate not later than December 31, 1993.

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