BILL REQ. #:  Z-1179.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/02/06.   

     AN ACT Relating to updating public records provisions; amending RCW 36.22.175; adding new sections to chapter 40.14 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 40.14.010, 40.14.020, 40.14.022, 40.14.024, 40.14.025, 40.14.027, 40.14.030, 40.14.040, 40.14.050, 40.14.060, 40.14.070, 40.14.080, 40.14.100, 40.14.110, 40.14.120, 40.14.130, 40.14.140, 40.14.150, 40.14.160, 40.14.170, and 40.14.180.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The division of archives and records management is established in the office of the secretary of state to ensure the proper management and safeguarding of public records. All public records remain the property of the state of Washington. Public records must be delivered by outgoing officials and employees to their successors and must be retained, preserved, stored, transferred, destroyed, or disposed of in accordance with this chapter. The state archivist will administer the division and must have reasonable access to all public records, wherever kept, for the purposes of information, surveying, or cataloging.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
     (1) "General retention schedule" means a records retention schedule applicable to any state or local agency.
     (2) "Legislative record" means correspondence, amendments, reports, and minutes of meetings made by or submitted to legislative committees or subcommittees and transcripts or other records of hearings or supplementary written testimony or data thereof filed with committees or subcommittees in connection with the exercise of legislative or investigatory functions. "Legislative record" does not include the records of an official act of the legislature kept by the secretary of state, bills and their copies, published materials, digests, or multicopied matter that are routinely retained and otherwise available at the state library or in a public repository, or reports or correspondence made or received by or in any way under the personal control of the individual members of the legislature.
     (3) "Public record" means any record, original or copy, containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, received, used, or owned by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristic. "Public records" includes legislative records.
     (4) "Records retention schedule" means a legal document approved by the state or local records committee that specifies required retention periods for a records series and gives agencies ongoing disposition authority for the records series after its approved retention period has been satisfied.
     (5) "Records series" means a class of public records with a specific or common function or purpose of state or local agencies as identified and defined by the state or local records committee.
     (6) "Retention period" means the required amount of time, approved by the state or local records committee, that a state or local government agency is required to retain records within a records series.
     (7) "Unique retention schedule" means a records retention schedule applicable to a specific state or local agency.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The state archivist shall:
     (1) Centralize, administer, and manage the archives of the state of Washington, make them available for reference and scholarship, and ensure their proper preservation;
     (2) Inspect, inventory, catalog, and arrange retention and transfer schedules on public records of all state agencies;
     (3) Ensure the maintenance and security of all state agency public records and establish safeguards against their unauthorized removal or destruction;
     (4) Approve of the transfer of local agency records of historical or legal significance as provided by section 7(4) of this act;
     (5) Establish and operate such state records centers as may from time to time be authorized by appropriation, for the purpose of preserving, servicing, screening, and protecting all state agency public records which must be preserved temporarily or permanently, but which need not be retained in office space and equipment;
     (6) Gather and disseminate to interested agencies information on all phases of records management to provide for the efficient and economical management and preservation of public records;
     (7) Operate at cost an imaging service for state or local agency records;
     (8) Approve imaging projects of public records undertaken by state agencies and, upon request, by local agencies, and develop and maintain standards for this work;
     (9) Maintain facilities necessary to review records approved for destruction and to cost-efficiently dispose of them by sale or burning. The destruction of public records as authorized by this chapter must be supervised by the state archivist;
     (10) Assist and train state and local agencies in the proper methods of creating, maintaining, cataloging, indexing, transmitting, storing, and reproducing photographic, optical, electronic, or other images used as public records;
     (11) Solicit, accept, and expend donations as provided in RCW 43.07.037 for the purpose of the archive program. These purposes include, but are not limited to, acquisition, accession, interpretation, and display of archival materials. Donations that do not meet the criteria of the archive program may not be accepted;
     (12) Upon availability of resources, furnish appropriate information, suggestions, and guidelines to local government agencies for their assistance in the preparation of records series and retention schedules or any other matter relating to the retention, preservation, disposition, or destruction of records under this chapter; and
     (13) Adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW that:
     (a) Set standards for the durability and permanence of public records maintained by state and local agencies;
     (b) Govern procedures for the creation, maintenance, transmission, cataloging, indexing, storage, or reproduction of photographic, optical, electronic, or other images of public documents or records in a manner consistent with current standards, policies, and procedures of the department of information services for the acquisition of information technology;
     (c) Govern the accuracy and durability of, and facilitate access to, photographic, optical, electronic, or other images used as public records; or
     (d) Carry out any other provision of this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All state agency public records, not required in the current operation of the office where they are made or kept, and all records of every agency, commission, committee, or any other activity of state government which may be abolished or discontinued, shall be transferred to the state archives so that the valuable historical records of the state may be centralized, made more widely available, and ensured permanent preservation. However, this section does not apply to public records approved for destruction under this chapter.
     When transferred, copies of the public records concerned shall be made and certified by the archivist, which certification shall have the same force and effect as though made by the officer originally in charge of them. Fees may be charged to cover the cost of reproduction. In turning over the archives of his or her office, the officer in charge of those archives, or his or her successor, retains the rights of access to them, without charge, whenever necessary.
     (2)(a) Records that are confidential, privileged, or exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law while in the possession of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other entity of state or local government retain their confidential, privileged, or exempt status after transfer to the state archives unless the archivist, with the concurrence of the originating jurisdiction, determines that the records must be made accessible to the public according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state, in which case the records may be open to inspection and available for copying after the expiration of seventy-five years from creation of the record. If the originating jurisdiction is no longer in existence, the archivist shall make the determination of availability according to the rules. If, while in the possession of the originating agency, commission, board, committee, or other entity, any record is determined to be confidential, privileged, or exempt from public disclosure under state or federal law for a period of less than seventy-five years, then the record must be made accessible to the public upon the expiration of the shorter period of time according to proper and reasonable rules adopted by the secretary of state.
     (b) Records of investigative reports prepared by any state, county, municipal, or other law enforcement agency pertaining to sex offenders contained in chapter 9A.44 RCW or sexually violent offenses as defined in RCW 71.09.020 that are not required in the current operation of the law enforcement agency or for pending judicial proceedings shall, following the expiration of the applicable schedule of the law enforcement agency's retention of the records, be transferred to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs for permanent electronic retention and retrieval. Upon electronic retention of any document, the association may destroy the paper copy of the document.
     (c) Any record transferred to the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs under (b) of this subsection is no longer a public record under RCW 42.17.020 and is exempt from public disclosure. Such records shall be disseminated only to criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030 to determine if a sex offender meets the criteria of a sexually violent predator as defined in chapter 71.09 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The state records committee is created. Membership on the state records committee consists of the state archivist or his or her designee, a representative appointed by the state auditor, a representative appointed by the attorney general, and a representative appointed by the director of the office of financial management. The appointing authority for each committee member may appoint an alternate member to serve in the absence of the primary appointee.
     (2) The state records committee shall meet at least once every quarter or more often as business dictates. Action by the committee shall be by majority vote and records shall be kept of all committee business. The state records committee may adopt appropriate policies and procedures to be followed in implementing its authority under this chapter.
     (3) The state records committee must approve, modify, or disapprove records retention schedules for state agency public records and must act upon requests to dispose of or to destroy such records. However, any modification of a request or recommendation must be approved by the head of the agency originating the request or recommendation.
     (4) The state records committee shall establish general retention schedules for state agency records when practical. Upon a determination of the state records committee, unique retention schedules may be approved for a state agency. The committee's determination shall include consideration of factors justifying the use of a unique retention schedule in lieu of, or the absence of, a general retention schedule.
     (5) Except as otherwise provided by law, no public records of a state agency shall be disposed of or destroyed until approved for disposition or destruction by the state records committee. State agencies may apply for authority to dispose of or destroy public records having no further administrative or legal value by submitting retention schedules for approval to the state records committee. Submittals shall be made to the state records committee through the division of archives and records management on forms approved by the state records committee. The division shall facilitate the state agency's submittal to the state records committee and provide administrative support as needed.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     Each department or other agency of the state government shall designate a records officer to supervise its records management and retention program under this chapter and to represent the office in all contacts with the state records committee and the division of archives and records management. The records officer shall:
     (1) Coordinate all aspects of the records management and retention program;
     (2) Inventory, or manage the inventory, of all public records at least once during a biennium for disposition scheduling and transfer action, in accordance with procedures prescribed by the state archivist and state records committee. However, essential records shall be inventoried and processed in accordance with chapter 40.10 RCW at least annually;
     (3) Consult with any other personnel responsible for maintenance of specific records within the officer's state organization regarding records retention and transfer recommendations;
     (4) Analyze records inventory data, examine and compare divisional or unit inventories for duplication of records, and recommend to the state archivist and state records committee minimal retentions for all copies commensurate with legal, financial, and administrative needs;
     (5) Approve all records inventory and destruction requests which are submitted to the state records committee;
     (6) Review established records retention schedules at least annually to ensure that they are complete and current;
     (7) Exercise internal control over the acquisition of imaging and records storage equipment.
     If a particular agency or department does not wish to transfer records at a time previously scheduled therefor, the records officer shall, within thirty days, notify the archivist and request a change in such previously set schedule, including the officer's reasons therefor.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     (1)(a) The local records committee is created. Membership on the committee consists of the state archivist or his or her designee, a representative appointed by the state auditor, and a representative appointed by the attorney general. The appointing authority for each committee member may appoint an alternate member to serve in the absence of the primary appointee. The committee shall meet at least once every quarter or more often as business dictates. Records shall be kept of all committee business.
     (b) Approval, amendment, or veto of any retention schedule shall be by unanimous vote of the local records committee. Upon such approval, the retention schedule shall constitute authority for the local agency to dispose of or destroy the records listed thereon consistent with the conditions of the retention schedule.
     (c) The local records committee may adopt appropriate policies and procedures to be followed in implementing its authority under this chapter.
     (2) No local agency public records shall be disposed of or destroyed until the expiration of applicable retention periods on records retention schedules approved by the local records committee.
     (3)(a) The local records committee shall establish general retention schedules for local agency records when practical. Upon a determination of the local records committee, unique retention schedules may be approved for a local agency. The committee's determination shall include consideration of factors justifying the use of a unique retention schedule in lieu of, or the absence of, a general retention schedule.
     (b) Local government agencies may apply for authority to dispose of or destroy public records having no further administrative or legal value by submitting retention schedules for approval to the local records committee. Submittals shall be made to the local records committee through the division of archives and records management on forms approved by the local records committee. The division shall facilitate the local agency's submittal to the local records committee and provide administrative support as needed.
     (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, local agencies may, as an alternative to destroying public records having no further administrative or legal value, donate the public records to the state library, local library, historical society, genealogical society, or similar society or organization. Public records may not be donated under this subsection unless:
     (i) The records are seventy years old or older;
     (ii) The local records committee has approved the destruction of the public records; and
     (iii) The state archivist has determined that the public records have no historic or legal significance.
     (4) Records of local agencies, designated by the archivist as having historical or legal significance, may be transferred to a repository approved by the archivist.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 8   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     Public records shall not be disposed of or destroyed until the expiration of applicable retention periods on records retention schedules approved by the state or local records committee. Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, rule, or regulation, retention periods approved for records series that serve as primary documentation of official actions, transactions, contracts, or agreements must be at least six years. The state or local records committee may approve retention periods of less than six years for records series that:
     (1) The department of origin of the records has made a satisfactory showing to the state or local records committee that the retention of the records for a minimum of six years is unnecessary and that such records serve only an administrative value; or
     (2) The originals of the official public records less than six years old have been copied or reproduced by any photographic or other process approved by the state archivist which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 9   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     Nothing in this chapter prohibits a legislator or legislative employee from contributing his or her personal papers to any private library, public library, or the state archives. The state archivist is authorized to receive papers of legislators and legislative employees and is directed to encourage the donation of such personal papers to the state. The state archivist is authorized to establish such guidelines and procedures for the collection of personal papers and correspondence relating to the legislature as the archivist sees fit. Legislators and legislative employees are encouraged to contribute their personal papers to the state for preservation.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The legislative committee chair, subcommittee chair, committee member, or employed personnel of the state legislature having possession of legislative records that are not required for the regular performance of official duties shall, within ten days after the adjournment sine die of a regular or special session, deliver all such legislative records to the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate.
     The chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate are charged to include requirements and responsibilities for keeping committee minutes and records as part of their instructions to committee chairs and employees.
     The chief clerk or the secretary, with the assistance of the state archivist, shall classify and arrange the legislative records delivered to the chief clerk or secretary in a manner that he or she considers best suited to carry out the efficient and economical utilization, maintenance, preservation, and disposition of the records. The chief clerk or the secretary may deliver to the state archivist all legislative records in his or her possession when such records have been classified and arranged and are no longer needed by either house. The state archivist shall thereafter be custodian of the records so delivered, but shall deliver such records back to either the chief clerk or secretary upon his or her request.
     The chair, member, or employee of a legislative interim committee responsible for maintaining the legislative records of that committee shall, on a scheduled basis agreed upon by the chair, member, or employee of the legislative interim committee, deliver to the chief clerk or secretary all legislative records in his or her possession, as long as such records are not required for the regular performance of official duties. He or she shall also deliver to the chief clerk or secretary all records of an interim committee within ten days after the committee ceases to function.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 11   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     It shall be the duty of the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate to advise the party caucuses in each house concerning the necessity to keep public records. The state archivist or his or her representative shall work with the chief clerk and secretary to provide information and instructions on the best method for keeping legislative records.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 12   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     Committee records may be used by legislative employees for research at the discretion of the chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 13   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The chief clerk of the house of representatives or the secretary of the senate shall, with advice of the state archivist, prescribe rules for access to records more than three years old when such records have been delivered to the state archives for preservation and maintenance.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 14   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     Any sound recording of debate in the house of representatives or senate made by legislative employees shall be preserved by the chief clerk of the house and by the secretary of the senate, respectively, for two years from the end of the session at which made, and thereafter shall be transmitted to the state archivist. The chief clerk and the secretary shall catalogue or index the recordings in their custody according to a uniform system, in order to allow easy access to the debate on specific questions before either house, and shall make available to any court of record, at the cost of reproduction, such portions of the recordings as the court may request.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 15   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     This chapter does not repeal or modify any other acts or parts of acts authorizing the retention or destruction of public records. This chapter does not affect the provisions of chapter 40.07 RCW requiring the deposit of all state publications in the state library or the confidentiality of the bill drafting records of the code reviser's office.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 16   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) There is created the archives and records management account in the state treasury which shall consist of all fees and charges collected under this section. The account shall be appropriated exclusively for the payment of costs and expenses incurred in the operation of the division of archives and records management as specified by law.
     (2) The secretary of state and the director of financial management shall jointly establish a procedure and formula for allocating the costs of services provided by the division of archives and records management to state agencies. The total amount allotted for services to state agencies shall not exceed the appropriation to the archives and records management account during any allotment period.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 17   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The local government archives account is created in the state treasury. All receipts collected by the county auditors under section 18 of this act and RCW 36.22.175 for local government services, such as providing records scheduling, security microfilm inspection and storage, archival preservation, cataloging, and indexing for local government records and digital data and access to those records and data through the regional branch archives of the division of archives and records management, must be deposited into the account, and expenditures from the account may be used only for these purposes.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 18   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     State agencies shall collect a surcharge of twenty dollars from the judgment debtor upon the satisfaction of a warrant filed in superior court for unpaid taxes or liabilities. The surcharge is imposed on the judgment debtor in the form of a penalty in addition to the filing fee provided in RCW 36.18.012(10). The surcharge revenue shall be transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the local government archives account under section 17 of this act.
     Surcharge revenue shall be expended by the secretary of state exclusively for disaster recovery, essential records protection services, and records management training for local government agencies by the division of archives and records management. The secretary of state shall, with local government representatives, establish a committee to advise the state archivist on the local government archives and records management program.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 19   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     The imaging account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts collected for contract imaging, micrographics, reproduction, and duplication services provided by the division of archives and records management must be deposited into the account, and expenditures from the account may be used only for these purposes. Only the secretary of state or the secretary's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

Sec. 20   RCW 36.22.175 and 2003 c 163 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In addition to any other charge authorized by law, the county auditor shall charge a surcharge of one dollar per instrument for each document recorded. Revenue generated through this surcharge shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer for deposit in the local government archives account under ((RCW 40.14.024)) section 17 of this act. These funds shall be used solely for providing records scheduling, security microfilm inspection and storage, archival preservation, cataloging, and indexing for local government records and digital data and access to those records and data through the regional branch archives of the division of archives and records management.
     The division of archives and records management within the office of the secretary of state shall provide records management training for local governments and shall establish a competitive grant program to solicit and prioritize project proposals from local governments for potential funding to be paid for by funds from the auditor surcharge and tax warrant surcharge revenues. Application for specific projects may be made by local government agencies only. The state archivist in consultation with the advisory committee established under ((RCW 40.14.027)) section 18 of this act shall adopt rules governing project eligibility, evaluation, awarding of grants, and other criteria including requirements for records management training for grant recipients.
     (2) The advisory committee established under ((RCW 40.14.027)) section 18 of this act shall review grant proposals and establish a prioritized list of projects to be considered for funding by January 1st of each even-numbered year, beginning in 2002. The evaluation of proposals and development of the prioritized list must be developed through open public meetings. Funding for projects shall be granted according to the ranking of each application on the prioritized list and projects will be funded only to the extent that funds are available. A grant award may have an effective date other than the date the project is placed on the prioritized list.
     (3) In addition to any other surcharge authorized by law, the county auditor shall charge a surcharge of one dollar per instrument for every document recorded after January 1, 2002. Revenue generated through this surcharge shall be transmitted to the state treasurer monthly for deposit in the local government archives account under ((RCW 40.14.024)) section 17 of this act to be used exclusively for the construction and improvement of a specialized regional facility located in eastern Washington designed to serve the archives, records management, and digital data management needs of local government.
     To the extent the facilities are used for the storage and retrieval of state agency records and digital data, that portion of the construction of such facilities used for state government records and data shall be supported by other charges and fees paid by state agencies and shall not be supported by the surcharge authorized in this subsection.
     At such time that all debt service from construction on such facility has been paid, fifty percent of the surcharge authorized by this subsection shall be reverted to the centennial document preservation and modernization account as prescribed in RCW 36.22.170 and fifty percent of the surcharge authorized by this section shall be reverted to the state treasurer for deposit in the archives and records management account to serve the archives, records management, and digital data management needs of local government.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 21   A new section is added to chapter 40.14 RCW to read as follows:
     This chapter does not repeal or modify any other acts or parts of acts authorizing the destruction of public records. This chapter does not affect the provisions of chapter 40.07 RCW requiring the deposit of all state publications in the state library.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 22   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) RCW 40.14.010 (Definition and classification of public records) and 1996 c 71 s 1, 1982 c 36 s 3, 1981 c 32 s 4, 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 1, & 1957 c 246 s 1;
     (2) RCW 40.14.020 (Division of archives and records management--State archivist -- Powers and duties -- Duties of public officials) and 2002 c 358 s 4 & 1995 c 326 s 1;
     (3) RCW 40.14.022 (Division of archives and records management--Imaging account) and 2003 c 163 s 2;
     (4) RCW 40.14.024 (Division of archives and records management--Local government archives account) and 2003 c 163 s 3;
     (5) RCW 40.14.025 (Division of archives and records management--Allocation of costs of services -- Archives and records management account) and 2003 c 163 s 1, 1996 c 245 s 3, 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 5, 1985 c 57 s 22, & 1981 c 115 s 4;
     (6) RCW 40.14.027 (Public archives and records management services -- Judgment debtor surcharge) and 2003 c 163 s 4, 2001 c 146 s 4, 1996 c 245 s 4, 1995 c 292 s 17, & 1994 c 193 s 2;
     (7) RCW 40.14.030 (Transfer to state archives -- Certified copies, cost -- Public disclosure) and 2003 c 305 s 1 & 1957 c 246 s 3;
     (8) RCW 40.14.040 (Records officers -- Designation -- Powers and duties) and 1982 c 36 s 4, 1979 c 151 s 51, 1973 c 54 s 3, & 1957 c 246 s 4;
     (9) RCW 40.14.050 (Records committee -- Composition, travel expenses, meetings, powers and duties -- Retention schedules) and 1985 c 192 s 1, 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 s 83, & 1957 c 246 s 5;
     (10) RCW 40.14.060 (Destruction, disposition of official public records or office files and memoranda -- Record retention schedules) and 1999 c 326 s 1, 1982 c 36 s 5, 1979 c 151 s 52, 1973 c 54 s 4, & 1957 c 246 s 6;
     (11) RCW 40.14.070 (Destruction, disposition, donation of local government records -- Preservation for historical interest -- Local records committee, duties -- Record retention schedules -- Sealed records) and 2005 c 227 s 1, 2003 c 240 s 1, 1999 c 326 s 2, 1995 c 301 s 71, 1982 c 36 s 6, 1973 c 54 s 5, 1971 ex.s. c 10 s 1, & 1957 c 246 s 7;
     (12) RCW 40.14.080 (Chapter not to affect other laws) and 1983 c 3 s 84 & 1957 c 246 s 8;
     (13) RCW 40.14.100 (Legislative records -- Defined) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 2;
     (14) RCW 40.14.110 (Legislative records -- Contribution of papers by legislators and employees) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 3;
     (15) RCW 40.14.120 (Legislative records -- "Clerk," "secretary" defined) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 4;
     (16) RCW 40.14.130 (Legislative records -- Duties of legislative officials, employees and state archivist -- Delivery of records--Custody -- Availability) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 5;
     (17) RCW 40.14.140 (Legislative records -- Party caucuses to be advised -- Information and instructions) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 6;
     (18) RCW 40.14.150 (Legislative records -- Use for research) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 7;
     (19) RCW 40.14.160 (Legislative records -- Rules for access to records) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 8;
     (20) RCW 40.14.170 (Legislative records -- Sound recordings) and 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 9; and
     (21) RCW 40.14.180 (Legislative records -- Construction--Confidentiality of bill drafting records) and 1983 c 3 s 85 & 1971 ex.s. c 102 s 10.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 23   Part headings used in this act are not any part of the law.