BILL REQ. #:  Z-0410.1 

Read first time 01/21/2003.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to funding and expenditures of the secretary of state; amending RCW 42.17.710; adding new sections to chapter 43.07 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 42.52 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.07 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary of state may solicit and accept gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise, and sell, lease, exchange, invest, or expend these donations or the proceeds, rents, profits, and income from the donations except as limited by the donor's terms.
     (2) Moneys received under this section may be used only for the following purposes:
     (a) Conducting oral histories;
     (b) Archival activities; and
     (c) Washington state library activities.
     (3) Moneys received under this section must be deposited in the oral history, state library, and archives account established in section 2 of this act.
     (4) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to govern and protect the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.07 RCW to read as follows:
     The oral history, state library, and archives account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All moneys received under section 1 of this act must be deposited in the account. Expenditures from the account may be made only for the purposes of the oral history program under RCW 43.07.220, archives program under RCW 40.14.020, and state library program under chapter 27.04 RCW. Only the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. An appropriation is not required for expenditures, but the account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.

Sec. 3   RCW 42.17.710 and 1993 c 2 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) During the period beginning on the thirtieth day before the date a regular legislative session convenes and continuing thirty days past the date of final adjournment, and during the period beginning on the date a special legislative session convenes and continuing through the date that session adjourns, no state official or a person employed by or acting on behalf of a state official or state legislator may solicit or accept contributions to a public office fund, to a candidate or authorized committee, or to retire a campaign debt.
     (2) This section does not apply to activities authorized in section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   A new section is added to chapter 42.52 RCW to read as follows:
     This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of state or a designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the oral history, state library, and archives account created in section 2 of this act.