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WA Rev Code § 42.52.801 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.801 - Exemption—Solicitation to promote tourism.

RCW 42.52.801 Exemption—Solicitation to promote tourism.When soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the purposes of promoting the *expansion of tourism as provided for in RCW 43.330.090, state officers and state employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.140.[ 2003 c 153 § 5.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 43.330.090 was amended by 2007 c 228 § 201, deleting subsection (2) which directly related to "expansion of tourism."Findings—2003 c 153: See note following RCW 43.330.090.
WA Rev Code § 42.52.802 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.802 - Exemption—Solicitation for Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account.

RCW 42.52.802 Exemption—Solicitation for Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account.This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of state or a designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the Washington state legacy project, state library, and archives account created in RCW 43.07.380.[ 2008 c 222 § 14; 2003 c 164 § 4.]NOTES:Purpose—2008 c 222: See note following RCW 44.04.320.
WA Rev Code § 42.52.8021 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.8021 - Exemption—Solicitation for Washington state flag account.

RCW 42.52.8021 Exemption—Solicitation for Washington state flag account.This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of state or the secretary of state's designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the Washington state flag account created in RCW 43.07.388.[ 2009 c 71 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.8022 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.8022 - Exemption—Informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues.

RCW 42.52.8022 Exemption—Informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues.This chapter does not prohibit state employees from attending informational or educational meetings regarding legislative issues with a legislator or other elected official. It is not a violation of this chapter to hold such meetings in public facilities, including state-owned or leased buildings. This section is not intended to allow the use of state facilities for a political campaign or for the promotion of or opposition to a ballot proposition.[ 2011 c 63 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.8023 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.8023 - Exemption—Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship account.

RCW 42.52.8023 Exemption—Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship account.This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or their designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship account created in RCW 44.04.380. Furthermore, this chapter does not prohibit any legislative member or legislative employee from soliciting gifts for the Gina Grant Bull memorial legislative page scholarship account.[ 2017 c 322 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.8024 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.8024 - Exemption—Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship.

RCW 42.52.8024 Exemption—Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship.This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or their designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship account created in RCW 44.04.410. Furthermore, this chapter does not prohibit any legislative member or legislative employee from soliciting gifts for the Rosa Franklin legislative internship program scholarship account.[ 2021 c 108 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.803 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.803 - Exemption—Solicitation for legislative oral history account.

RCW 42.52.803 Exemption—Solicitation for legislative oral history account.This chapter does not prohibit the secretary of the senate, the chief clerk of the house of representatives, or their designee from soliciting and accepting contributions to the legislative oral history account created in RCW 44.04.345.[ 2008 c 222 § 2.]NOTES:Purpose—2008 c 222: See note following RCW 44.04.320.
WA Rev Code § 42.52.804 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.804 - Exemption—Health profession board or commission—Professional opinions.

RCW 42.52.804 Exemption—Health profession board or commission—Professional opinions.Members of a health profession board or commission as identified in RCW 18.130.040(2)(b) may express their professional opinions to an elected official about the work of the board or commission on which the member serves, even if those opinions differ from the department of health's official position. Such communication shall be to inform the elected official and not to lobby in support or opposition to any initiative to the legislature.[ 2008 c 134 § 15.]NOTES:Finding—Intent—Severability—2008 c 134: See notes following RCW 18.130.020.
WA Rev Code § 42.52.805 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.805 - Solicitation for charitable activities of executive branch state employees—Limitations—Definitions.

RCW 42.52.805 Solicitation for charitable activities of executive branch state employees—Limitations—Definitions.(1) When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations solely to support the charitable activities of executive branch state employees conducted pursuant to RCW 9.46.0209, the executive branch state officers and executive branch state employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.140. However, the gifts, grants, or donations must only be solicited from state employees or businesses and organizations that have no business dealings with the soliciting employee's agency. For the purposes of this subsection, "business dealings" includes being subject to regulation by the agency, having a contractual relationship with the agency, and purchasing goods or services from the agency.(2) For purposes of this section, activities are deemed to be charitable if the activities are devoted to the purposes authorized under RCW 9.46.0209 for charitable and nonprofit organizations listed in that section, or are in support of the activities of those charitable or nonprofit organizations.[ 2007 c 452 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.810 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.810 - Solicitation for the legislative international trade account—Report.

RCW 42.52.810 Solicitation for the legislative international trade account—Report.(1) When soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the legislative international trade account created in *RCW 44.04.270, the president of the senate is presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.140.(2) When soliciting charitable gifts, grants, or donations solely for the legislative international trade account created in *RCW 44.04.270, state officers and state employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in RCW 42.52.140.(3) An annual report of the legislative international trade account activities, including a list of receipts and expenditures, shall be published by the president of the senate and submitted to the house of representatives and the senate and be a public record for the purposes of RCW 42.56.070.[ 2005 c 274 § 293; 2003 c 265 § 2.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 44.04.270 was recodified as RCW 43.15.050 pursuant to 2006 c 317 § 5.
WA Rev Code § 42.52.820 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.820 - Solicitation for hosting national legislative association conference.

RCW 42.52.820 Solicitation for hosting national legislative association conference.When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to host an official conference within the state of Washington of a national legislative association as approved by both the chief clerk and the secretary of the senate, designated legislative officials and designated legislative employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in this chapter. For the purposes of this section, any legislative association must include among its membership the Washington state legislature or individual legislators or legislative staff.[ 2003 1st sp.s. c 23 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.821 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.821 - Exemption—Solicitation to host conference of a national association.

RCW 42.52.821 Exemption—Solicitation to host conference of a national association.When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to host an official conference within the state of Washington of a national association as approved by the state treasurer, the treasurer and designated employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions in this chapter.[ 2015 c 45 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.900 - Legislative declaration.

RCW 42.52.900 Legislative declaration.Government derives its powers from the people. Ethics in government are the foundation on which the structure of government rests. State officials and employees of government hold a public trust that obligates them, in a special way, to honesty and integrity in fulfilling the responsibilities to which they are elected and appointed. Paramount in that trust is the principle that public office, whether elected or appointed, may not be used for personal gain or private advantage.The citizens of the state expect all state officials and employees to perform their public responsibilities in accordance with the highest ethical and moral standards and to conduct the business of the state only in a manner that advances the public's interest. State officials and employees are subject to the sanctions of law and scrutiny of the media; ultimately, however, they are accountable to the people and must consider this public accountability as a particular obligation of the public service. Only when affairs of government are conducted, at all levels, with openness as provided by law and an unswerving commitment to the public good does government work as it should.The obligations of government rest equally on the state's citizenry. The effectiveness of government depends, fundamentally, on the confidence citizens can have in the judgments and decisions of their elected representatives. Citizens, therefore, should honor and respect the principles and the spirit of representative democracy, recognizing that both elected and appointed officials, together with state employees, seek to carry out their public duties with professional skill and dedication to the public interest. Such service merits public recognition and support.All who have the privilege of working for the people of Washington state can have but one aim: To give the highest public service to its citizens.[ 1994 c 154 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.901 - Liberal construction.

RCW 42.52.901 Liberal construction.This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate its purposes and policy and to supplement existing laws as may relate to the same subject.[ 1994 c 154 § 301.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.903 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.903 - Serving on board, committee, or commission not prevented.

RCW 42.52.903 Serving on board, committee, or commission not prevented.Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to prevent a member of a board, committee, advisory commission, or other body required or permitted by statute to be appointed from any identifiable group or interest, from serving on such body in accordance with the intent of the legislature in establishing such body.[ 1969 ex.s. c 234 § 33. Formerly RCW 42.18.330.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.904 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.904 - Effective date—1994 c 154.

RCW 42.52.904 Effective date—1994 c 154.Sections 101 through 121, 203, 204, 207 through 224, and 301 through 317 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1995.[ 1994 c 154 § 319.]
WA Rev Code § 42.52.906 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.52 - Ethics in Public Service.|42.52.906 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 42.52.906 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.[ 2009 c 521 § 105.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.001 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.001 - Finding, purpose.

RCW 42.56.001 Finding, purpose.The legislature finds that *chapter 42.17 RCW contains laws relating to several discrete subjects. Therefore, the purpose of chapter 274, Laws of 2005 is to recodify some of those laws and create a new chapter in the Revised Code of Washington that contains laws pertaining to public records.[ 2005 c 274 § 1.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: Provisions in chapter 42.17 RCW relating to public records were recodified in chapter 42.56 RCW by 2005 c 274, effective July 1, 2006. Provisions in chapter 42.17 RCW relating to campaign disclosure and contribution were recodified in chapter 42.17A RCW by 2010 c 204, effective January 1, 2012.
WA Rev Code § 42.56.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.010 - Definitions.

RCW 42.56.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Agency" includes all state agencies and all local agencies. "State agency" includes every state office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or other state agency. "Local agency" includes every county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, or special purpose district, or any office, department, division, bureau, board, commission, or agency thereof, or other local public agency.(2) "Person in interest" means the person who is the subject of a record or any representative designated by that person, except that if that person is under a legal disability, "person in interest" means and includes the parent or duly appointed legal representative.(3) "Public record" includes any writing containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics. For the office of the secretary of the senate and the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives, public records means legislative records as defined in RCW 40.14.100 and also means the following: All budget and financial records; personnel leave, travel, and payroll records; records of legislative sessions; reports submitted to the legislature; and any other record designated a public record by any official action of the senate or the house of representatives. This definition does not include records that are not otherwise required to be retained by the agency and are held by volunteers who:(a) Do not serve in an administrative capacity;(b) Have not been appointed by the agency to an agency board, commission, or internship; and(c) Do not have a supervisory role or delegated agency authority.(4) "Writing" means handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every other means of recording any form of communication or representation including, but not limited to, letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all papers, maps, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic films and prints, motion picture, film and video recordings, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, diskettes, sound recordings, and other documents including existing data compilations from which information may be obtained or translated.[ 2017 c 303 § 1; 2010 c 204 § 1005; 2007 c 197 § 1; 2005 c 274 § 101.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.020 - Short title.

RCW 42.56.020 Short title.This chapter may be known and cited as the public records act.[ 2005 c 274 § 102.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.030 - Construction.

RCW 42.56.030 Construction.The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may maintain control over the instruments that they have created. This chapter shall be liberally construed and its exemptions narrowly construed to promote this public policy and to assure that the public interest will be fully protected. In the event of conflict between the provisions of this chapter and any other act, the provisions of this chapter shall govern.[ 2007 c 197 § 2; 2005 c 274 § 283; 1992 c 139 § 2. Formerly RCW 42.17.251.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.040 - Duty to publish procedures.

RCW 42.56.040 Duty to publish procedures.(1) Each state agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Washington Administrative Code and each local agency shall prominently display and make available for inspection and copying at the central office of such local agency, for guidance of the public:(a) Descriptions of its central and field organization and the established places at which, the employees from whom, and the methods whereby, the public may obtain information, make submittals or requests, or obtain copies of agency decisions;(b) Statements of the general course and method by which its operations are channeled and determined, including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal procedures available;(c) Rules of procedure;(d) Substantive rules of general applicability adopted as authorized by law, and statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability formulated and adopted by the agency; and(e) Each amendment or revision to, or repeal of any of the foregoing.(2) Except to the extent that he or she has actual and timely notice of the terms thereof, a person may not in any manner be required to resort to, or be adversely affected by, a matter required to be published or displayed and not so published or displayed.[ 2012 c 117 § 127; 1973 c 1 § 25 (Initiative Measure No. 276, approved November 7, 1972). Formerly RCW 42.17.250.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.050 - Invasion of privacy, when.

RCW 42.56.050 Invasion of privacy, when.A person's "right to privacy," "right of privacy," "privacy," or "personal privacy," as these terms are used in this chapter, is invaded or violated only if disclosure of information about the person: (1) Would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (2) is not of legitimate concern to the public. The provisions of this chapter dealing with the right to privacy in certain public records do not create any right of privacy beyond those rights that are specified in this chapter as express exemptions from the public's right to inspect, examine, or copy public records.[ 1987 c 403 § 2. Formerly RCW 42.17.255.]NOTES:Intent—1987 c 403: "The legislature intends to restore the law relating to the release of public records largely to that which existed prior to the Washington Supreme Court decision in "In Re Rosier," 105 Wn.2d 606 (1986). The intent of this legislation is to make clear that: (1) Absent statutory provisions to the contrary, agencies possessing records should in responding to requests for disclosure not make any distinctions in releasing or not releasing records based upon the identity of the person or agency which requested the records, and (2) agencies having public records should rely only upon statutory exemptions or prohibitions for refusal to provide public records. Further, to avoid unnecessary confusion, "privacy" as used in RCW 42.17.255 is intended to have the same meaning as the definition given that word by the Supreme Court in "Hearst v. Hoppe," 90 Wn.2d 123, 135 (1978)." [ 1987 c 403 § 1.]Severability—1987 c 403: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1987 c 403 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 42.56.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.56 - Public Records Act.|42.56.060 - Disclaimer of public liability.

RCW 42.56.060 Disclaimer of public liability.No public agency, public official, public employee, or custodian shall be liable, nor shall a cause of action exist, for any loss or damage based upon the release of a public record if the public agency, public official, public employee, or custodian acted in good faith in attempting to comply with the provisions of this chapter.[ 1992 c 139 § 11. Formerly RCW 42.17.258.]