CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 1420
Chapter 226, Laws of 1999
56th Legislature
1999 Regular Session
STATE INVESTMENT
BOARD--CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/99
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Passed by the House March 8,
1999
Yeas 97 Nays 0
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 8,
1999
Yeas 47 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy
A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1420 as
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set
forth.
 DEAN
R. FOSTER
Chief
Clerk
TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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BRAD
OWEN
President
of the Senate
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Approved May 10, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
May 10, 1999 - 4:09
p.m.
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GARY
LOCKE
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 1420
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Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/25/1999. Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions &
Insurance.
Providing a procedure for the state investment board to check
the criminal history of prospective appointees and employees.
AN
ACT Relating to criminal history record checks of prospective appointees and
employees of the state investment board; and adding a new section to chapter
43.33A RCW.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. A
new section is added to chapter 43.33A RCW to read as follows:
(1)
Notwithstanding any provision of RCW 43.43.700 through 43.43.815, the state
investment board may require a criminal history record check for conviction
records through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system, and
through the federal bureau of investigation, for the purpose of conducting
preemployment evaluations of prospective new appointees or employees for a
board staff position exempt from the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW, or any
other position in which the employee will have authority for or access to funds
under the jurisdiction or responsibility of the investment board, or to data
security systems of the investment board or designs for such systems. The
record check shall include a fingerprint check using a complete Washington
state criminal identification fingerprint card, which shall be forwarded by the
state patrol to the federal bureau of investigation.
(2)
Information received by the investment board pursuant to this section shall be
made available by the investment board only to board employees involved in the
selection, hiring, background investigation, or job assignment of the person
who is the subject of the record check, or to that subject person, and it shall
be used only for the purposes of making, supporting, or defending decisions
regarding the appointment or hiring of persons for these positions, or securing
any necessary bonds or other requirements for such employment. Otherwise, the
reports, and information contained therein, shall remain confidential and shall
not be subject to the disclosure requirements of chapter 42.17 RCW.
(3)
Fees charged by the Washington state patrol, or the federal bureau of
investigation, for conducting these investigations and providing these reports
shall be paid by the investment board.
Passed the House March 8, 1999.
Passed the Senate April 8, 1999.
Approved by the Governor May
10, 1999.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 1999.