CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5095

                   Chapter 246, Laws of 1999

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

PUBLIC CORPORATIONS, COMMISSIONS, AND AUTHORITIES--REGULATION

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1999   YEAS 45   NAYS 0                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 1999   YEAS 92   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5095 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved May 10, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                        May 10, 1999 - 4:36 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 5095

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Thibaudeau, Horn, Kohl‑Welles, Patterson, Haugen, Prentice and Costa

Read first time 01/13/1999.  Referred to Committee on State & Local Government.

Clarifying that public corporations, commissions, and authorities are public agencies for purposes of the open public meetings act.  

    AN ACT Relating to public corporations, commissions, and authorities; and adding a new chapter to 35.21 RCW

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

    A public corporation, commission, or authority created under this chapter, and officers and multi-member governing body thereof, are subject to general laws regulating local governments, multimember governing bodies, and local governmental officials, including, but not limited to, the requirement to be audited by the state auditor and various accounting requirements provided under chapter 43.09 RCW, the open public record requirements of chapter 42.17 RCW, the prohibition on using its facilities for campaign purposes under RCW 42.17.130, the open public meetings law of chapter 42.30 RCW, the code of ethics for municipal officers under chapter 42.23 RCW, and the local government whistleblower law under chapter 42.41 RCW.

    Passed the Senate April 20, 1999.

    Passed the House April 6, 1999.

Approved by the Governor May 10, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 1999.