5931-S2 AMS PATT FRIT 002

5931-S2 AMS PATT FRIT 002

2SSB 5931 - S AMD - 210

By Senators Patterson and Horn

ADOPTED 3/16/99

On page 1, line 1, delete all of section 1 and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 42.17 RCW to read as follows:

(1) It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that the commission provide the general public timely access to all contribution and expenditure reports submitted by candidates, continuing political committees, bona fide political parties, lobbyists, and lobbyists' employers. The legislature finds that failure to comply with this chapter's requirements for full and timely disclosure threatens to undermine our electoral process.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2001, the commission shall establish goals that all reports, copies of reports, or copies of the data or information included in reports, filed under RCW 42.17.040, 42.17.065, 42.17.080, 42.17.100, 42.17.105, 42.17.150, 42.17.170, 42.17.175, and 42.17.180, that are:

(a) Submitted electronically via modem, satellite, or the Internet, shall be accessible in the commission's office and via the commission's web site within two business days of the commission's receipt of the report; and

(b) Submitted in any format or via any method other than those listed in (a) of this subsection, shall be accessible in the commission's office and via the commission's web site within four business days of the commission's receipt of the report."