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WA Rev Code § 42.17A.908 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.908 - Captions.

RCW 42.17A.908 Captions.Section captions and part headings used in this act do not constitute any part of the law.[ 1993 c 2 § 34 (Initiative Measure No. 134, approved November 3, 1992). Formerly RCW 42.17.950.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.909 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.909 - Short title—1993 c 2.

RCW 42.17A.909 Short title—1993 c 2.This act may be known and cited as the Fair Campaign Practices Act.[ 1993 c 2 § 36 (Initiative Measure No. 134, approved November 3, 1992). Formerly RCW 42.17.955.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.910 - Effective date—1995 c 397.

RCW 42.17A.910 Effective date—1995 c 397.Sections 1 through 32, 34, and 37 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1995.[ 1995 c 397 § 35. Formerly RCW 42.17.960.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.911 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.911 - Captions—1995 c 397.

RCW 42.17A.911 Captions—1995 c 397.Captions as used in chapter 397, Laws of 1995 constitute no part of the law.[ 1995 c 397 § 37. Formerly RCW 42.17.961.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.915 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.915 - Effective dates—2005 c 445.

RCW 42.17A.915 Effective dates—2005 c 445.Sections 6 and 12 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect July 1, 2005. The remainder of this act takes effect January 1, 2006.[ 2005 c 445 § 17. Formerly RCW 42.17.965.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.917 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.917 - Effective date—2010 c 204 §§ 505, 602, and 703.

RCW 42.17A.917 Effective date—2010 c 204 §§ 505, 602, and 703.Sections 505, 602, and 703 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [March 25, 2010].[ 2010 c 204 § 1104.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.918 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.918 - Effective date—2010 c 204.

RCW 42.17A.918 Effective date—2010 c 204.Sections 101 through 504, 506 through 601, 603 through 702, and 801 through 1103 of chapter 204, Laws of 2010 take effect January 1, 2012.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 26 § 10; 2010 c 204 § 1105.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.919 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.919 - Effective date—2011 c 60.

RCW 42.17A.919 Effective date—2011 c 60.This act takes effect January 1, 2012.[ 2011 c 60 § 53.]
WA Rev Code § 42.17A.920 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.17A - Campaign Disclosure and Contribution.|42.17A.920 - Local regulations not preempted—2020 c 152.

RCW 42.17A.920 Local regulations not preempted—2020 c 152.Chapter 152, Laws of 2020 does not affect or modify the power of a local government to adopt an ordinance or regulation on matters governed by chapter 152, Laws of 2020.[ 2020 c 152 § 11.]NOTES:Findings—2020 c 152: See note following RCW 42.17A.417.
WA Rev Code § 42.20.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.020 - Powers may not be delegated for profit.

RCW 42.20.020 Powers may not be delegated for profit.Every public officer who, for any reward, consideration, or gratuity paid or agreed to be paid, shall, directly or indirectly, grant to another the right or authority to discharge any function of his or her office, or permit another to perform any of his or her duties, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 117 § 113; 1909 c 249 § 83; RRS § 2335.]
WA Rev Code § 42.20.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.030 - Intrusion into and refusal to surrender public office.

RCW 42.20.030 Intrusion into and refusal to surrender public office.Every person who shall falsely personate or represent any public officer, or who shall willfully intrude himself or herself into a public office to which he or she has not been duly elected or appointed, or who shall willfully exercise any of the functions or perform any of the duties of such officer, without having duly qualified therefor, as required by law, or who, having been an executive or administrative officer, shall willfully exercise any of the functions of his or her office after his or her right to do so has ceased, or wrongfully refuse to surrender the official seal or any books or papers appertaining to such office, upon the demand of his or her lawful successor, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 117 § 114; 1909 c 249 § 84; RRS § 2336.]NOTES:Impersonating a public officer: RCW 9A.60.045.Quo warranto: Chapter 7.56 RCW.
WA Rev Code § 42.20.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.040 - False report.

RCW 42.20.040 False report.Every public officer who shall knowingly make any false or misleading statement in any official report or statement, under circumstances not otherwise prohibited by law, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 1909 c 249 § 98; RRS § 2350.]
WA Rev Code § 42.20.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.050 - Public officer making false certificate.

RCW 42.20.050 Public officer making false certificate.Every public officer who, being authorized by law to make or give a certificate or other writing, shall knowingly make and deliver as true such a certificate or writing containing any statement which he or she knows to be false, in a case where the punishment thereof is not expressly prescribed by law, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 117 § 115; 1909 c 249 § 128; RRS § 2380.]
WA Rev Code § 42.20.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.060 - Falsely auditing and paying claims.

RCW 42.20.060 Falsely auditing and paying claims.Every public officer, or person holding or discharging the duties of any public office or place of trust under the state or in any county, town or city, a part of whose duty it is to audit, allow or pay, or take part in auditing, allowing or paying, claims or demands upon the state or such county, town or city, who shall knowingly audit, allow or pay, or, directly or indirectly, consent to or in any way connive at the auditing, allowance or payment of any claim or demand against the state or such county, town or city, which is false or fraudulent or contains any charge, item or claim which is false or fraudulent, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 1909 c 249 § 129; RRS § 2381.]
WA Rev Code § 42.20.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.070 - Misappropriation and falsification of accounts by public officer.

RCW 42.20.070 Misappropriation and falsification of accounts by public officer.Every public officer, and every other person receiving money on behalf or for or on account of the people of the state or of any department of the state government or of any bureau or fund created by law in which the people are directly or indirectly interested, or for or on account of any county, city, town, or any school, diking, drainage, or irrigation district, who:(1) Appropriates to his or her own use or the use of any person not entitled thereto, without authority of law, any money so received by him or her as such officer or otherwise; or(2) Knowingly keeps any false account, or makes any false entry or erasure in any account, of or relating to any money so received by him or her; or(3) Fraudulently alters, falsifies, conceals, destroys, or obliterates any such account; or(4) Willfully omits or refuses to pay over to the state, its officer or agent authorized by law to receive the same, or to such county, city, town, or such school, diking, drainage, or irrigation district or to the proper officer or authority empowered to demand and receive the same, any money received by him or her as such officer when it is a duty imposed upon him or her by law to pay over and account for the same,is guilty of a class B felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than fifteen years.[ 2003 c 53 § 219; 1992 c 7 § 37; 1909 c 249 § 317; RRS § 2569. Prior: Code 1881 § 890; 1873 p 202 § 92; 1854 p 91 § 83.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.
WA Rev Code § 42.20.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.080 - Other violations by officers.

RCW 42.20.080 Other violations by officers.Every officer or other person mentioned in RCW 42.20.070, who shall willfully disobey any provision of law regulating his or her official conduct in cases other than those specified in said section, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.[ 2012 c 117 § 116; 1909 c 249 § 318; RRS § 2570.]
WA Rev Code § 42.20.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.090 - Misappropriation, etc., by treasurer.

RCW 42.20.090 Misappropriation, etc., by treasurer.Every state, county, city, or town treasurer who willfully misappropriates any moneys, funds, or securities received by or deposited with him or her as such treasurer, or who shall be guilty of any other malfeasance or willful neglect of duty in his or her office, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.[ 2003 c 53 § 220; 1992 c 7 § 38; 1909 c 249 § 319; RRS § 2571.]NOTES:Intent—Effective date—2003 c 53: See notes following RCW 2.48.180.County treasurer, suspension for misconduct: RCW 36.29.090.State treasurer, embezzlement: RCW 43.08.140.
WA Rev Code § 42.20.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.100 - Failure of duty by public officer a misdemeanor.

RCW 42.20.100 Failure of duty by public officer a misdemeanor.Whenever any duty is enjoined by law upon any public officer or other person holding any public trust or employment, their wilful neglect to perform such duty, except where otherwise specially provided for, shall be a misdemeanor.[ 1909 c 249 § 16; RRS § 2268. Prior: Code 1881 § 889; 1854 p 90 § 82.]NOTES:Official misconduct by public servant: RCW 9A.80.010.
WA Rev Code § 42.20.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.20 - Misconduct of Public Officers.|42.20.110 - Improper conduct by certain justices.

RCW 42.20.110 Improper conduct by certain justices.It shall be a misdemeanor for any judge or justice of any court not of record, during the hearing of any cause or proceeding therein, to address any person in his or her presence in unfit, unseemly, or improper language.[ 2012 c 117 § 117; 1911 c 115 § 1; RRS § 2696-1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.23.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.010 - Declaration of purpose.

RCW 42.23.010 Declaration of purpose.It is the purpose and intent of this chapter to revise and make uniform the laws of this state concerning the transaction of business by municipal officers, as defined in chapter 268, Laws of 1961, in conflict with the proper performance of their duties in the public interest; and to promote the efficiency of local government by prohibiting certain instances and areas of conflict while at the same time sanctioning, under sufficient controls, certain other instances and areas of conflict wherein the private interest of the municipal officer is deemed to be only remote, to the end that, without sacrificing necessary public responsibility and enforceability in areas of significant and clearly conflicting interests, the selection of municipal officers may be made from a wider group of responsible citizens of the communities which they are called upon to serve.[ 1961 c 268 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 42.23.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.020 - Definitions.

RCW 42.23.020 Definitions.For the purpose of chapter 268, Laws of 1961:(1) "Municipality" shall include all counties, cities, towns, districts, and other municipal corporations and quasi municipal corporations organized under the laws of the state of Washington;(2) "Municipal officer" and "officer" shall each include all elected and appointed officers of a municipality, together with all deputies and assistants of such an officer, and all persons exercising or undertaking to exercise any of the powers or functions of a municipal officer;(3) "Contract" shall include any contract, sale, lease or purchase;(4) "Contracting party" shall include any person, partnership, association, cooperative, corporation, or other business entity which is a party to a contract with a municipality.[ 1961 c 268 § 3.]
WA Rev Code § 42.23.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.040 - Remote interests.

RCW 42.23.040 Remote interests.A municipal officer is not interested in a contract, within the meaning of RCW 42.23.030, if the officer has only a remote interest in the contract and the extent of the interest is disclosed to the governing body of the municipality of which the officer is an officer and noted in the official minutes or similar records of the municipality prior to the formation of the contract, and thereafter the governing body authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract in good faith by a vote of its membership sufficient for the purpose without counting the vote or votes of the officer having the remote interest. As used in this section "remote interest" means:(1) That of a nonsalaried officer of a nonprofit corporation;(2) That of an employee or agent of a contracting party where the compensation of such employee or agent consists entirely of fixed wages or salary;(3) That of a landlord or tenant of a contracting party;(4) That of a holder of less than one percent of the shares of a corporation or cooperative which is a contracting party.None of the provisions of this section are applicable to any officer interested in a contract, even if the officer's interest is only remote, if the officer influences or attempts to influence any other officer of the municipality of which he or she is an officer to enter into the contract.[ 1999 c 261 § 3; 1961 c 268 § 5.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—1999 c 261: See note following RCW 42.23.030.
WA Rev Code § 42.23.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.050 - Prohibited contracts void—Penalties for violation of chapter.

RCW 42.23.050 Prohibited contracts void—Penalties for violation of chapter.Any contract made in violation of the provisions of this chapter is void and the performance thereof, in full or in part, by a contracting party shall not be the basis of any claim against the municipality. Any officer violating the provisions of this chapter is liable to the municipality of which he or she is an officer for a penalty in the amount of five hundred dollars, in addition to such other civil or criminal liability or penalty as may otherwise be imposed upon the officer by law.In addition to all other penalties, civil or criminal, the violation by any officer of the provisions of this chapter may be grounds for forfeiture of his or her office.[ 1999 c 261 § 4; 1961 c 268 § 6.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—1999 c 261: See note following RCW 42.23.030.
WA Rev Code § 42.23.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.060 - Local charter controls chapter.

RCW 42.23.060 Local charter controls chapter.If any provision of this chapter conflicts with any provision of a city or county charter, or with any provision of a city-county charter, the charter shall control if it contains stricter requirements than this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall be considered as minimum standards to be enforced by municipalities.[ 1999 c 261 § 5; 1961 c 268 § 16.]NOTES:Findings—Intent—1999 c 261: See note following RCW 42.23.030.
WA Rev Code § 42.23.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.070 - Prohibited acts.

RCW 42.23.070 Prohibited acts.(1) No municipal officer may use his or her position to secure special privileges or exemptions for himself, herself, or others.(2) No municipal officer may, directly or indirectly, give or receive or agree to receive any compensation, gift, reward, or gratuity from a source except the employing municipality, for a matter connected with or related to the officer's services as such an officer unless otherwise provided for by law.(3) No municipal officer may accept employment or engage in business or professional activity that the officer might reasonably expect would require or induce him or her by reason of his or her official position to disclose confidential information acquired by reason of his or her official position.(4) No municipal officer may disclose confidential information gained by reason of the officer's position, nor may the officer otherwise use such information for his or her personal gain or benefit.[ 1994 c 154 § 121.]NOTES:Effective date—1994 c 154: See RCW 42.52.904.
WA Rev Code § 42.23.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.23 - Code of Ethics for Municipal Officers—Contract Interests.|42.23.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

RCW 42.23.900 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 § 104.]
WA Rev Code § 42.24.035 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.24 - Payment of Claims for Expenses, Material, Purchases—Advancements.|42.24.035 - Payment for postage, books, and periodicals.

RCW 42.24.035 Payment for postage, books, and periodicals.Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 42.24 RCW or any other existing statute, school districts and other public agencies including but not limited to state agencies and municipal corporations which are expressly or by necessary implication authorized to subscribe to magazines or other periodical publications or books or to purchase postage or publications from the United States government or any other publisher may make payment of the costs of such purchases in a manner as consistent as possible and practicable with normal and usual business methods, and in the case of subscriptions, for periods not in excess of three years.[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 72 § 1; 1963 c 116 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 42.24.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 42 - Public Officers and Agencies|Chapter 42.24 - Payment of Claims for Expenses, Material, Purchases—Advancements.|42.24.080 - Municipal corporations and political subdivisions—Claims against for contractual purposes—Auditing and payment—Forms—Authentication and certification.

RCW 42.24.080 Municipal corporations and political subdivisions—Claims against for contractual purposes—Auditing and payment—Forms—Authentication and certification.(1) All claims presented against any county, city, district or other municipal corporation or political subdivision by persons furnishing materials, rendering services or performing labor, or for any other contractual purpose, shall be audited, before payment, by an auditing officer elected or appointed pursuant to statute or, in the absence of statute, an appropriate charter provision, ordinance or resolution of the municipal corporation or political subdivision. Such claims shall be prepared for audit and payment on a form and in the manner prescribed by the state auditor. The form shall provide for the authentication and certification by such auditing officer that the materials have been furnished, the services rendered, the labor performed as described, or that any advance payment is due and payable pursuant to a contract or is available as an option for full or partial fulfillment of a contractual obligation, and that the claim is a just, due and unpaid obligation against the municipal corporation or political subdivision. No claim shall be paid without such authentication and certification.(2) Certification as to claims of officers and employees of a county, city, district or other municipal corporation or political subdivision, for services rendered, shall be made by the person charged with preparing and submitting vouchers for payment of services. He or she shall certify that the claim is just, true and unpaid, and that certification shall be part of the voucher.[ 2008 c 198 § 6; 1995 c 301 § 72; 1965 c 116 § 1.]NOTES:Finding—2008 c 198: See note following RCW 39.34.030.