| Passed by the House February 12, 2014 Yeas 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 5, 2014 Yeas 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1785 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/08/13. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to authorizing de minimis use of state resources to provide information about programs that may be authorized payroll deductions; and amending RCW 42.52.160.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 42.52.160 and 1996 c 213 s 7 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) No state officer or state employee may employ or use any
person, money, or property under the officer's or employee's official
control or direction, or in his or her official custody, for the
private benefit or gain of the officer, employee, or another.
(2) This section does not prohibit the use of public resources to
benefit others as part of a state officer's or state employee's
official duties.
(3) This section does not prohibit de minimis use of state
facilities to provide employees with information about (a) medical,
surgical, and hospital care; (b) life insurance or accident and health
disability insurance; or (c) individual retirement accounts, by any
person, firm, or corporation administering such program as part of
authorized payroll deductions pursuant to RCW 41.04.020.
(4) The appropriate ethics boards may adopt rules providing
exceptions to this section for occasional use of the state officer or
state employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does not
result in interference with the proper performance of public duties.