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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6414

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1994 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Oke and Winsley; by request of State Treasurer)

 

Read first time 02/04/94.

 

Restricting campaign financing for the office of state treasurer.



          AN ACT Relating to campaign financing and public disclosure for the office of state treasurer; reenacting and amending RCW 42.17.2401; and adding a new section to chapter 43.08 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.08 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A general partner of a limited partnership in which the state investment board is a limited partner, a managing partner in a partnership in which the state investment board has invested, or an active money manager doing business with the state investment board may not contribute, directly or indirectly, to any candidate for the office of state treasurer or to any candidacy of the state treasurer.

          (2) A candidate for the office of state treasurer may not knowingly accept any contribution from:  (a) A general partner of a limited partnership in which the state investment board is a limited partner; (b) a managing partner of a partnership in which the state investment board has invested; or (c) an active money manager doing business with the state investment board.

          (3) The prohibitions in subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply to contributions received from entities described in this section doing business with the state investment board if all such business was granted through a formal bid process.

 

        Sec. 2.  RCW 42.17.2401 and 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 18, 1993 c 492 s 488, and 1993 c 281 s 43 are each reenacted and 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 agriculture, the administrator of the office of marine safety, the administrator of the Washington basic health plan, the director of the department of services for the blind, the director of the state system of community and technical colleges, the director of community, trade, and economic development, the secretary of corrections, the director of ecology, the commissioner of employment security, the chairman of the energy facility site evaluation council, the director of the energy office, the secretary of the state finance committee, the director of financial management, the director of fish and wildlife, the executive secretary of the forest practices appeals board, the director of the gambling commission, the director of general administration, the secretary of health, the administrator of the Washington state health care authority, the executive secretary of the health care facilities authority, the executive secretary of the higher education facilities authority, the executive secretary of the horse racing commission, the executive secretary of the human rights commission, the executive secretary of the indeterminate sentence review board, the director of the department of information services, the director of the interagency committee for outdoor recreation, the executive director of the state investment board, the director of labor and industries, the director of licensing, the director of the lottery commission, the director of the office of minority and women's business enterprises, the director of parks and recreation, the director of personnel, the executive director of the public disclosure commission, the director of retirement systems, the director of revenue, the secretary of social and health services, the chief of the Washington state patrol, the executive secretary of the board of tax appeals, ((the director of trade and economic development,)) the secretary of transportation, the secretary of the utilities and transportation commission, the director of veterans affairs, 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) Central Washington University board of trustees, board of trustees of each community college, each member of the state board for community and technical colleges, state convention and trade center board of directors, committee for deferred compensation, Eastern Washington University board of trustees, Washington economic development finance authority, The Evergreen State College board of trustees, forest practices appeals board, forest practices board, gambling commission, Washington health care facilities authority, each member of the Washington health services commission, higher education coordinating board, higher education facilities authority, horse racing commission, state housing finance commission, human rights commission, indeterminate sentence review board, board of industrial insurance appeals, information services board, interagency committee for outdoor recreation, state investment board, liquor control board, lottery commission, marine oversight board, oil and gas conservation committee, Pacific Northwest electric power and conservation planning council, parks and recreation commission, personnel appeals board, board of pilotage commissioners, pollution control hearings board, public disclosure commission, public pension commission, shorelines hearing board, public employees' benefits board, board of tax appeals, transportation commission, University of Washington board of regents, utilities and transportation commission, Washington state maritime commission, Washington personnel resources board, Washington public power supply system executive board, Washington State University board of regents, Western Washington University board of trustees, and fish and wildlife commission; and

          (5) Within the office of the state treasurer the following professional staff members:  Assistant treasurer, deputy treasurer, legal counsel, and investment officer.

 


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