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HOUSE
BILL 2575
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/15/98. Referred to Committee on Government Administration.
Clarifying restrictions on public disclosure commission
members' activities.
AN
ACT Relating to clarification of restrictions on public disclosure commission
members' activities; and amending RCW 42.17.350.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
42.17.350 and 1984 c 287 s 74 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
There is hereby established a "public disclosure commission" which
shall be composed of five members who shall be appointed by the governor, with
the consent of the senate. All appointees shall be persons of the highest
integrity and qualifications. No more than three members shall have an
identification with the same political party. ((The original members shall
be appointed within sixty days after January 1, 1973.))
(2)
The term of each member shall be five years ((except that the original five
members shall serve initial terms of one, two, three, four, and five years,
respectively, as designated by the governor)). No member is eligible
for appointment to more than one full term. Any member may be removed by the
governor, but only upon grounds of neglect of duty or misconduct in office.
(3)
During his or her tenure, a member of the commission((, during his
tenure, shall (1))) is prohibited from engaging in any of the following
activities, either within or outside the state of Washington:
(a)
((hold)) Holding or ((campaign)) campaigning for
elective office;
(((2)
be)) (b) Serving as an officer of any political party or political
committee;
(((3)
permit)) (c) Permitting his or her name to be used((, or
make)) in support of or in opposition to a candidate or proposition;
(d)
Soliciting or making contributions((,)) to a candidate or in
support of or in opposition to any candidate or proposition;
(((4)
participate)) (e) Participating in any way in any election campaign;
or
(((5)
lobby or employ or assist)) (f) Lobbying, employing, or assisting a
lobbyist((: PROVIDED)), except that a member or the staff of the
commission may lobby to the limited extent permitted by RCW 42.17.190 on
matters directly affecting this chapter. ((No member shall be eligible for
appointment to more than one full term.))
(4)
A vacancy on the commission shall be filled within thirty days of the vacancy
by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and the appointee shall serve
for the remaining term of his or her predecessor. A vacancy shall not
impair the powers of the remaining members to exercise all of the powers of the
commission.
(5)
Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission
shall elect its own ((chairman)) chair and adopt its own rules of
procedure in the manner provided in chapter 34.05 RCW. ((Any member of the
commission may be removed by the governor, but only upon grounds of neglect of
duty or misconduct in office.))
(6)
Members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and in addition
shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while engaged in the business
of the commission as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The compensation
provided pursuant to this section shall not be considered salary for purposes
of the provisions of any retirement system created pursuant to the general laws
of this state.
Passed the House February 11, 1998.
Passed the Senate March 2, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 12, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 1998.
