| Passed by the Senate February 13, 2008 YEAS 29 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 4, 2008 YEAS 51 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ 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 ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5278 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved March 17, 2008, 2:38 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 18, 2008 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 01/22/08.
AN ACT Relating to use of public funds for political purposes; and amending RCW 42.17.128.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 42.17.128 and 1993 c 2 s 24 are each amended to read
as follows:
Public funds, whether derived through taxes, fees, penalties, or
any other sources, shall not be used to finance political campaigns for
state ((or local)) or school district office. A county, city, town, or
district that establishes a program to publicly finance local political
campaigns may only use funds derived from local sources to fund the
program. A local government must submit any proposal for public
financing of local political campaigns to voters for their adoption and
approval or rejection.