| Passed by the Senate March 12, 2007 YEAS 44 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 3, 2007 YEAS 96 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5720 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/15/07.
AN ACT Relating to broadcast of legal notices; amending RCW 65.16.130 and 65.16.150; and repealing RCW 65.16.140.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 65.16.130 and 1961 c 85 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
Any official of the state or any of its political subdivisions who
is required by law to publish any notice required by law may supplement
publication thereof by radio or television broadcast or both when, in
his or her judgment, the public interest will be served thereby:
PROVIDED, That the time, place, and nature of such notice only be read
or shown with no reference to any person by name then a candidate for
political office, ((and that such broadcasts shall be made only by duly
employed personnel of the station from which such broadcasts emanate,))
and that notices by political subdivisions may be made only by stations
((situated)) whose signal is received within the county of origin of
the legal notice.
Sec. 2 RCW 65.16.150 and 1961 c 85 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
Written documentation of proof of publication of legal notice or
notice of event must be provided by the radio or television ((broadcast
shall be by affidavit of the manager, an assistant manager or a program
director of the)) station broadcasting the ((same)) notice.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 RCW 65.16.140 (Broadcaster to retain copy or
transcription) and 1961 c 85 s 2 & 1951 c 119 s 2 are each repealed.