Source: http://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=42.17A.555
Timestamp: 2018-06-24 08:43:53
Document Index: 410038018

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 701', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 6', '§ 13', '§ 1', '§ 226', '§ 1102']

RCW 42.17A.555: Use of public office or agency facilities in campaigns—Prohibition—Exceptions.
RCWs > Title 42 > Chapter 42.17A > Section 42.17A.555
42.17A.550 << 42.17A.555 >> 42.17A.560
[ 2010 c 204 § 701; 2006 c 215 § 2; 1979 ex.s. c 265 § 2; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 112 § 6; 1973 c 1 § 13 (Initiative Measure No. 276, approved November 7, 1972). Formerly RCW 42.17.130.]
Finding—Intent—2006 c 215: "(1) The legislature finds that the public benefits from an open and inclusive discussion of proposed ballot measures by local elected leaders, and that for twenty-five years these discussions have included the opportunity for elected boards, councils, and commissions of special purpose districts to vote in open public meetings in order to express their support of, or opposition to, ballot propositions affecting their jurisdictions.
(2) The legislature intends to affirm and clarify the state's long-standing policy of promoting informed public discussion and understanding of ballot propositions by allowing elected boards, councils, and commissions of special purpose districts to adopt resolutions supporting or opposing ballot propositions." [ 2006 c 215 § 1.]
Disposition of violations before January 1, 1995: "Any violations occurring prior to January 1, 1995, of any of the following laws shall be disposed of as if chapter 154, Laws of 1994 were not enacted and such laws continued in full force and effect: *RCW 42.17.130, chapter 42.18 RCW, chapter 42.21 RCW, and chapter 42.22 RCW." [ 1994 c 154 § 226.]
*Reviser's note: RCW 42.17.130 was recodified as RCW 42.17A.555 pursuant to 2010 c 204 § 1102, effective January 1, 2012.