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                          HOUSE BILL 2587

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Romero, Upthegrove, Miloscia, Schindler, Dunn and Ogden

Read first time 01/22/2002.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Limiting the time for public disclosure commission investigations.

    AN ACT Relating to time limits for investigations by the public disclosure commission; and amending RCW 42.17.410.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 42.17.410 and 1982 c 147 s 18 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In all complaints in which the commission has jurisdiction, the commission must issue charges within one hundred twenty days from the date the complaint was first received, unless extended as provided in this subsection, or the complaint is deemed dismissed with prejudice.  An extension may be permitted if agreed to by the complaining party, the accused, and the commission.  The commission may also grant a single sixty-day extension upon a showing of just cause.

(2) Any legal action brought under the provisions of this chapter must be commenced within five years after the date when the violation occurred.

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