CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 1542
Chapter 87, Laws of 2001
57th Legislature
2001 Regular Legislative Session
PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE--COMMUNITY, TRADE, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01
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Passed by the House March 9,
2001
Yeas 93 Nays 0
 FRANK
CHOPP
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 CLYDE
BALLARD
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 6,
2001
Yeas 46 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the
House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is HOUSE BILL 1542 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
Chief Clerk
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 19, 2001 - 4:55 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 1542
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Passed
Legislature - 2001 Regular Session
State
of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/29/2001. Referred to Committee on State Government.
Exempting certain financial or proprietary information
provided to the department of community, trade, and economic development from
public disclosure.
AN
ACT Relating to exempting financial or proprietary information provided to the
department of community, trade, and economic development from public
disclosure; and amending RCW 42.17.319.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
42.17.319 and 1999 c 150 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 42.17.260 through 42.17.340, the
following information supplied to the department of community, trade, and economic
development ((by any person in connection with the siting, recruitment,
expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business shall not be made
available to the public by the department or the office of the governor)) is
exempt from disclosure under this chapter:
(a)
Financial and proprietary information collected from any person and provided
to the department of community, trade, and economic development pursuant to RCW
43.330.050(8) and 43.330.080(4); and
(b)
Financial or proprietary information((;)) collected from any person
and provided to the department or the office of the governor in connection with
the siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's
business and (((b))) until a siting decision is made, identifying
information of any person supplying information under this section and the
locations being considered for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business.
(2)
Any work product developed by the department based on information as
described in subsection (1)(a) of this section is not exempt from disclosure.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, "siting decision" means the
decision to acquire or not to acquire a site.
(((3)))
(4) If there is no written contact for a period of sixty days to the
department from a person connected with siting, recruitment, expansion,
retention, or relocation of that person's business, information described in
subsection (1)(b) of this section will be available to the public under the
provisions of RCW 42.17.250 through 42.17.340.
(((4)))
(5) Nothing in this section shall apply to records of any other state
agency or of a local agency.
Passed the House March 9, 2001.
Passed the Senate April 6, 2001.
Approved by the Governor
April 19, 2001.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.