AN
ACT Relating to the combined fund drive; amending RCW 41.04.035, 41.04.036, and
41.04.230; reenacting and amending RCW 43.79A.040; and adding new sections to
chapter 41.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
41.04.035 and 1957 c 208 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
For
the purpose of RCW 41.04.035 and 41.04.036 "United Fund" means the
organization conducting the single, annual, consolidated effort to secure funds
for distribution to agencies engaged in charitable and public health, welfare
and service purposes, which is commonly known as the United Fund((, or the
organization which serves in place of the United Fund organizations in
communities where an organization known as the United Fund is not organized))
or the Washington state combined fund drive.
Sec.
2. RCW
41.04.036 and 1983 1st ex.s. c 28 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
Any
official of the state or of any of its political subdivisions authorized to
disburse funds in payment of salaries or wages of public officers or employees
is authorized, upon written request of the officer or employee, to deduct from
the salary or wages of the officer or employee the amount of money designated
by the officer or employee for payment to the United Fund or the Washington
state combined fund drive.
The
moneys so deducted shall be paid over promptly to the United Fund or the
Washington state combined fund drive designated by the officer or
employee. Subject to any ((regulations prescribed)) rules adopted
by the office of financial management, the official authorized to disburse the
funds in payment of salaries or wages may prescribe any procedures necessary to
carry out RCW 41.04.035 and 41.04.036.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. A
new section is added to chapter 41.04 RCW to read as follows:
The
Washington state combined fund drive account is created in the custody of the
state treasurer. All receipts from the combined fund drive must be deposited
into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the
beneficiaries of the Washington state combined fund drive. Only the director
of the department of personnel or the director's designee may authorize
expenditures from the account. The account is not subject to allotment
procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, and an appropriation is not required for
expenditures.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 4. A
new section is added to chapter 41.04 RCW to read as follows:
The
director of the department of personnel is authorized to adopt rules, after
consultation with state agencies, institutions of higher education, and
employee organizations, for the operation of the Washington state combined fund
drive.
Sec.
5. RCW
41.04.230 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 6 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:
Any
official of the state authorized to disburse funds in payment of salaries and
wages of public officers or employees is authorized, upon written request of
the officer or employee, to deduct from the salaries or wages of the officers
or employees, the amount or amounts of subscription payments, premiums,
contributions, or continuation thereof, for payment of the following:
(1)
Credit union deductions: PROVIDED, That twenty-five or more employees of a
single state agency or a total of one hundred or more state employees of
several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to the same
credit union. An agency may, in its own discretion, establish a minimum
participation requirement of fewer than twenty-five employees.
(2)
Parking fee deductions: PROVIDED, That payment is made for parking facilities
furnished by the agency or by the department of general administration.
(3)
U.S. savings bond deductions: PROVIDED, That a person within the particular
agency shall be appointed to act as trustee. The trustee will receive all
contributions; purchase and deliver all bond certificates; and keep such
records and furnish such bond or security as will render full accountability
for all bond contributions.
(4)
Board, lodging or uniform deductions when such board, lodging and uniforms are
furnished by the state, or deductions for academic tuitions or fees or
scholarship contributions payable to the employing institution.
(5)
Dues and other fees deductions: PROVIDED, That the deduction is for payment of
membership dues to any professional organization formed primarily for public
employees or college and university professors: AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, That
twenty-five or more employees of a single state agency, or a total of one hundred
or more state employees of several agencies have authorized such a deduction
for payment to the same professional organization.
(6)
Labor or employee organization dues may be deducted in the event that a payroll
deduction is not provided under a collective bargaining agreement under the
provisions of RCW 41.06.150: PROVIDED, That twenty-five or more officers or
employees of a single agency, or a total of one hundred or more officers or
employees of several agencies have authorized such a deduction for payment to
the same labor or employee organization: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That labor or
employee organizations with five hundred or more members in state government
may have payroll deduction for employee benefit programs.
(7)
Insurance contributions to the authority for payment of premiums under
contracts authorized by the state health care authority. However, enrollment
or assignment by the state health care authority to participate in a health
care benefit plan, as required by RCW 41.05.065(5), shall authorize a payroll
deduction of premium contributions without a written consent under the terms
and conditions established by the public employees' benefits board.
(8)
Deductions to a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association if (a) the
bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association is authorized to do
business in this state; and (b) twenty-five or more employees of a single
agency, or fewer, if a lesser number is established by such agency, or a total
of one hundred or more state employees of several agencies have authorized a
deduction for payment to the same bank, savings bank, or savings and loan
association.
Deductions
from salaries and wages of public officers and employees other than those
enumerated in this section or by other law, may be authorized by the director
of financial management for purposes clearly related to state employment or
goals and objectives of the agency and for plans authorized by the state health
care authority.
(9)
Contributions to the Washington state combined fund drive.
The
authority to make deductions from the salaries and wages of public officers and
employees as provided for in this section shall be in addition to such other
authority as may be provided by law: PROVIDED, That the state or any
department, division, or separate agency of the state shall not be liable to
any insurance carrier or contractor for the failure to make or transmit any
such deduction.
Sec.
6. RCW
43.79A.040 and 2001 c 201 s 4 and 2001 c 184 s 4 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(1)
Money in the treasurer's trust fund may be deposited, invested, and reinvested
by the state treasurer in accordance with RCW 43.84.080 in the same manner and
to the same extent as if the money were in the state treasury.
(2)
All income received from investment of the treasurer's trust fund shall be set
aside in an account in the treasury trust fund to be known as the investment
income account.
(3)
The investment income account may be utilized for the payment of purchased
banking services on behalf of treasurer's trust funds including, but not
limited to, depository, safekeeping, and disbursement functions for the state
treasurer or affected state agencies. The investment income account is subject
in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for
payments to financial institutions. Payments shall occur prior to distribution
of earnings set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
(4)(a)
Monthly, the state treasurer shall distribute the earnings credited to the
investment income account to the state general fund except under (b) and (c) of
this subsection.
(b)
The following accounts and funds shall receive their proportionate share of
earnings based upon each account's or fund's average daily balance for the
period: The college savings program account, the Washington advanced college
tuition payment program account, the agricultural local fund, the American
Indian scholarship endowment fund, the basic health plan self-insurance reserve
account, the Washington state combined fund drive account, the
Washington international exchange scholarship endowment fund, the developmental
disabilities endowment trust fund, the energy account, the fair fund, the game
farm alternative account, the grain inspection revolving fund, the juvenile
accountability incentive account, the rural rehabilitation account, the stadium
and exhibition center account, the youth athletic facility account, the
self-insurance revolving fund, the sulfur dioxide abatement account, and the
children's trust fund. However, the earnings to be distributed shall first be
reduced by the allocation to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW
43.08.190.
(c)
The following accounts and funds shall receive eighty percent of their
proportionate share of earnings based upon each account's or fund's average
daily balance for the period: The advanced right of way revolving fund, the
advanced environmental mitigation revolving account, the city and county
advance right-of-way revolving fund, the federal narcotics asset forfeitures
account, the high occupancy vehicle account, the local rail service assistance
account, and the miscellaneous transportation programs account.
(5) In conformance with Article II, section 37 of the state
Constitution, no trust accounts or funds shall be allocated earnings without
the specific affirmative directive of this section.
