PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 99-06-067.
Title of Rule: WAC 390-20-023 Contributions to candidates, elected officials, political committees, or public office fund--Identification of source.
Purpose: Assist campaigns in obtaining accurate information about the source of contributions received from lobbyists.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370(1).
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 42.17.120.
Summary: Repeals the rule that requires lobbyists who are acting as an agent for another person when they make a campaign contribution to inform the contribution's recipient of its true source.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Rule is no longer necessary.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Vicki Rippie, Public Disclosure Commission, 711 Capitol Way, Room 403, Olympia, (360) 586-4838; and Enforcement: Susan Harris, Public Disclosure Commission, 711 Capitol Way, Room 403, Olympia, (360) 753-1981.
Name of Proponent: Public Disclosure Commission, governmental.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Explanation of Rule, its Purpose, and Anticipated Effects: Initiative 134 prohibits a person being reimbursed for a contribution. Therefore, if a lobbyist employer wants to make a monetary contribution to a candidate or political committee, that lobbyist employer must issue a check or other written instrument, rather than having his or her lobbyist issue a check to the campaign and then reimbursing the lobbyist for this contribution. Since monetary contributions must be from the actual source of the contribution, WAC 390-20-023 is no longer necessary.
The proposed repeal will not have any effect because lobbyists and lobbyist employers have been aware of the ban on reimbursements of contributions for a number of years.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: The existing rule would be repealed.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. The proposed amendment does not have an economic impact on small businesses.
Section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, does not apply to this rule adoption. The Public Disclosure Commission is not specified in section 201, chapter 403, Laws of 1995, as being subject to this section nor has it been brought under the section as otherwise provided in the chapter law.
Hearing Location: Senate Hearing Room #2, John A. Cherberg Building, First Floor, 304 15th Avenue, Capitol Campus, Olympia, WA, on May 25, 1999, at 9:00 a.m.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Jennifer Alloway, 753-1111.
Submit Written Comments to: Vicki Rippie, Public Disclosure Commission, P.O. Box 40908, Olympia, WA 98504-0908, fax (360) 753-1112, by May 12, 1999.
Date of Intended Adoption: May 25, 1999.
April 16, 1999
Vicki Rippie
Assistant Director
OTS-3071.1
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 390-20-023 | Contributions to candidates, elected officials, political committees, or public office fund--Identification of source. |