PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 99-06-059.
Title of Rule: WAC 390-14-100 List of elected public officials.
Purpose: Assist lobbyist employers and other persons who file disclosure reports under RCW 42.17.180.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17.370(1).
Statute Being Implemented: RCW 42.17.180.
Summary: The proposed amendment requires that the list of elected officials be prepared annually by January 15.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: The proposed amendment provides a date certain by which the list will be prepared.
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: This rule requires the Public Disclosure Commission annually to publish a list of elected public officials in order to assist lobbyist employers and others filing pursuant to RCW 42.17.180 to disclose whether they paid compensation to state elected officials, successful candidates for state office, their family members or businesses with which officials or candidates (or their family members) held an ownership interest or directorship or other office.
The list identifies elected officials, successful candidates for state office, their family members and the entities in which they reported having an ownership interest or held a directorship or other office.
The proposed changes will have no impact on the public other than giving a date certain by which the list will be prepared.
Proposal Changes the Following Existing Rules: The proposed changes are technical.
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-3066.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 85-03, filed 7/9/85)
WAC 390-14-100
List of elected public officials.
(1) The public disclosure
commission shall prepare((, collate and make available for public distribution)) a list of all state
elected officials of the state of Washington. The list shall be ((published by the commission
and)) updated annually by January 15.
(2) ((In addition,)) The list shall contain the names of those entities ((which)) that are
reported by ((those)) state elected officials and successful candidates for state office pursuant to
RCW 42.17.241 (1)(g).
(((3) This list shall contain the most recent information on file with the commission as of
February 1 each year.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.370(1). 85-15-020 (Order 85-03), § 390-14-100, filed 7/9/85; 80-05-097 (Order 80-05), § 390-14-100, filed 5/2/80; 79-10-017 (Order 79-05), § 390-14-100, filed 9/7/79; Order 62, § 390-14-100, filed 8/26/75.]