BILL REQ. #:  S-3742.1 

Read first time 01/17/08.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to gifts to municipal officers; and amending RCW 42.23.070.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 42.23.070 and 1994 c 154 s 121 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No municipal officer may use his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself, herself, or others.
     (2) No municipal officer may, directly or indirectly, give or receive or agree to receive any compensation, gift, reward, or gratuity from a source except the employing municipality, for a matter connected with or related to the officer's services as such an officer unless otherwise provided for by law. Gift does not include any item valued at twenty dollars or less that cannot reasonably be presumed to influence the vote, action, or judgment of the municipal officer or be considered as part of a reward for action or inaction.
     (3) No municipal officer may accept employment or engage in business or professional activity that the officer might reasonably expect would require or induce him or her by reason of his or her official position to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of his or her official position.
     (4) No municipal officer may disclose confidential information gained by reason of the officer's position, nor may the officer otherwise use such information for his or her personal gain or benefit.