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HOUSE BILL 2146
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Schual‑Berke, Kagi, O'Brien, Santos and Hurst
Read first time 02/16/1999. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to associated student body activities; and amending RCW 28A.325.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.325.030 and 1990 c 33 s 340 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There is hereby created a fund on deposit with each county treasurer for each school district of the county having an associated student body as defined in RCW 28A.325.020. Such fund shall be known as the associated student body program fund. Rules and regulations promulgated by the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.325.020 shall require separate accounting for each associated student body's transactions in the school district's associated student body program fund.
(2) All moneys generated through the programs and activities of any associated student body shall be deposited in the associated student body program fund. Such funds may be invested for the sole benefit of the associated student body program fund in items enumerated in RCW 28A.320.320 and the county treasurer may assess a fee as provided therein. Disbursements from such fund shall be under the control and supervision, and with the approval, of the board of directors of the school district, and shall be by warrant as provided in chapter 28A.350 RCW: PROVIDED, That in no case shall such warrants be issued in an amount greater than the funds on deposit with the county treasurer in the associated student body program fund. To facilitate the payment of obligations, an imprest bank account or accounts may be created and replenished from the associated student body program fund.
(3) The associated student body program fund shall be budgeted by the associated student body, subject to approval by the board of directors of the school district. All disbursements from the associated student body program fund or any imprest bank account established thereunder shall have the prior approval of the appropriate governing body representing the associated student body. Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 43.09.210, it shall not be mandatory that expenditures from the district's general fund in support of associated student body programs and activities be reimbursed by payments from the associated student body program fund.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent those portions of student-generated moneys in the associated student body program fund, budgeted or otherwise, which constitute bona fide voluntary donations and are identified as donations at the time of collection from being used for such scholarship, student exchange and charitable purposes as the appropriate governing body representing the associated student body shall determine, and for such purposes, said moneys shall not be deemed public moneys under section 7, Article VIII, of the state Constitution.
(5) Nonassociated student body program fund moneys generated and received by students for private purposes, including but not limited to use for scholarship and/or charitable purposes, may, in the discretion of the board of directors of any school district, be held in trust in one or more separate accounts within an associated student body program fund and be disbursed for such purposes: PROVIDED, That the school district shall either withhold an amount from such moneys as will pay the district for its cost in providing the service or otherwise be compensated for its cost for such service.
(6) Nothing in this section precludes the school board from authorizing associated student body activities to generate moneys for support of the poor and infirm, including assisting students who experience tragedies that cause a financial burden, or who face serious illness.
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