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                                          ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 5764

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                                                            AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

                                                                            C 342 L 87

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge, McCaslin, Zimmerman and Halsan

Read first time 2/11/87 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to the creation of new boards, commissions, and special purpose districts; adding a new chapter to Title 43 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.131 RCW; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     Because of the proliferation of boards and special purpose districts, the legislature recognizes the necessity of developing a uniform and coordinated procedure for determining the need for these new units of government.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) For purposes of this chapter, "special purpose district" means any unit of local government other than a city, town, county, or school district.

          (2) For purposes of this chapter, "board" means a board, commission, council, committee or task force.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     (1) The office of financial management and the department of community development shall, in cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and legislative staff, establish a procedure for the provision of sunrise notes on the expected impact of bills and resolutions that authorize the creation of new boards and new types of special purpose districts.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Sunrise notes shall include:

          (1) The purpose and expected impact of the new board or special purpose district;

          (2) The powers and duties of the new board or special purpose district;

          (3) The direct or potential duplication of the powers and duties of existing boards or special purpose districts; and

          (4) Other information relevant to the need for the new board or special purpose district.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     (1) The office of financial management shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation concerning the creation of new boards.  The department of community development shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation creating new types of special purpose districts.

          (2) A sunrise note shall be prepared for all executive and agency request legislation that creates a board or special purpose district.

          (3) The office of financial management or the department of community development shall also provide a sunrise note at the request of any committee of the legislature.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.     Sunrise notes shall be filed with:

          (1) The committee to which the bill or resolution was referred upon introduction in the house of origin;

          (2) The senate committee on ways and means or its successor;

          (3) The house of representatives committee on ways and means or its successor;

          (4) The senate governmental operations committee or its successor; and

          (5) The house of representatives state government committee or its successor.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7.     Legislative standing committees shall forward notification and the sunrise note, if available, to the senate or house of representatives ways and means committee and the senate governmental operations committee or the house of representatives state government committee whenever a bill providing for the creation of a new board or special purpose district is voted out of the standing committee.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8.     Nothing in this chapter prevents either house of the legislature from acting on any bill or resolution before it as otherwise provided by the state Constitution, by law, and by the rules and joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, nor shall the lack of any sunrise note as provided in this chapter or any error in the accuracy thereof affect the validity of any measure otherwise duly passed by the legislature.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9.     This chapter shall be known as the Washington sunrise act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10.  A new section is added to chapter 43.131 RCW to read as follows:

          The Washington sunrise act, chapter 43.-- RCW (sections 1 through 9 of this act), shall expire on June 30, 1992.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11.    Sections 1 through 9 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 43 RCW.

                                                                                                                           Passed the Senate April 21, 1987.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.

                                                                                                                           Passed the House April 14, 1987.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.