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2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.070 - Liability of members.

RCW 43.33A.070
Liability of members.
No member of the state investment board is liable for the negligence, default, or failure of any other person or other member of the board to perform the duties of the member's office and no member of the board shall be considered or held to be an insurer of the funds or assets of any of the trust and retirement funds nor is any nonvoting member liable for actions performed with the exercise of reasonable diligence within the scope of the member's authorized activities as a member of the board.
[ 1981 c 3 § 7.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.080 - Investment of funds in farm, soil, water conservation loans and in Washington land bank.

RCW 43.33A.080
Investment of funds in farm, soil, water conservation loans and in Washington land bank.
The state investment board may invest those funds which are not under constitutional prohibition in: (1) Farm ownership and soil and water conservation loans fully guaranteed as to principal and interest under the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act administered by the United States department of agriculture; and (2) the Washington land bank established by *chapter 31.30 RCW.
[ 1987 c 29 § 2; 1981 c 3 § 8.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: Chapter 31.30 RCW was repealed by 1998 c 12 § 1.
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.090 - Records.

RCW 43.33A.090
Records.
The state investment board shall keep a full and complete public record of its proceedings in appropriate books of record. Within sixty days of July 1, 1981, the state investment board shall assume physical custody of all investment accounts, files, and other records of each fund placed under the investment authority of the board.
[ 1981 c 3 § 9.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.110 - Rules and regulations—Investment policies and procedures.

RCW 43.33A.110
Rules and regulations—Investment policies and procedures.
The state investment board may make appropriate rules and regulations for the performance of its duties. The board shall establish investment policies and procedures designed exclusively to maximize return at a prudent level of risk. However, in the case of the department of labor and industries' accident, medical aid, and reserve funds, the board shall establish investment policies and procedures designed to attempt to limit fluctuations in industrial insurance premiums and, subject to this purpose, to maximize return at a prudent level of risk. The board shall adopt rules to ensure that its members perform their functions in compliance with chapter 42.52 RCW. Rules adopted by the board shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 1994 c 154 § 310; 1989 c 179 § 1; 1988 c 130 § 1; 1981 c 219 § 4; 1981 c 3 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—1994 c 154: See RCW 42.52.904.
Effective dates—1981 c 219: See note following RCW 43.33A.020.
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.120 - Examination of accounts, files, and other records.

RCW 43.33A.120
Examination of accounts, files, and other records.
All accounts, files, and other records of the state investment board which pertain to each retirement system are subject at any time or from time to time to such reasonable periodic, special, or other examinations by the department of retirement systems as the director of the department of retirement systems deems necessary or appropriate.
[ 1981 c 3 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.130 - Securities—State treasurer may cause same to be registered in the name of the nominee.

RCW 43.33A.130
Securities—State treasurer may cause same to be registered in the name of the nominee.
The state treasurer may cause any securities in which the state investment board deals to be registered in the name of a nominee without mention of any fiduciary relationship, except that adequate records shall be maintained to identify the actual owner of the security so registered. The securities so registered shall be held in the physical custody of the state treasurer, the federal reserve system, the designee of the state treasurer, or, at the election of the designee and upon approval of the state treasurer, the Depository Trust Company of New York City or its designees.
With respect to the securities, the nominee shall act only upon the order of the state investment board. All rights to the dividends, interest, and sale proceeds from the securities and all voting rights of the securities are vested in the actual owners of the securities, and not in the nominee.
[ 1999 c 228 § 1; 1981 c 3 § 13.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.135 - Investment policy—Investment options.

RCW 43.33A.135
Investment policy—Investment options.
The state investment board has the full power to establish investment policy, develop participant investment options, and manage investment funds for the college savings program, if the committee on advanced tuition payment and college savings selects the state investment board as the investment manager pursuant to RCW 28B.95.032, and for the state deferred compensation plan, consistent with the provisions of RCW 41.50.770 and 41.50.780. The board may continue to offer the investment options provided as of June 11, 1998, until the board establishes a deferred compensation plan investment policy and adopts new investment options after considering the recommendations of the department of retirement systems.
[ 2016 c 69 § 19; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 36; 1998 c 116 § 13.]
NOTES:
Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.140 - Investments—Standard of investment and management.

RCW 43.33A.140
Investments—Standard of investment and management.
The state investment board shall invest and manage the assets entrusted to it with reasonable care, skill, prudence, and diligence under circumstances then prevailing which a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an activity of like character and purpose.
The board shall:
(1) Consider investments not in isolation, but in the context of the investment of the particular fund as a whole and as part of an overall investment strategy, which should incorporate risk and return objectives reasonably suited for that fund; and
(2) Diversify the investments of the particular fund unless, because of special circumstances, the board reasonably determines that the purposes of that fund are better served without diversifying. However, no corporate fixed-income issue or common stock holding may exceed three percent of the cost or six percent of the market value of the assets of that fund.
[ 1998 c 14 § 1; 1981 c 3 § 14.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.150 - Reports of investment activities.

RCW 43.33A.150
Reports of investment activities.
(1) The state investment board shall prepare written reports at least quarterly summarizing the investment activities of the state investment board, which reports shall be sent to the governor, the senate ways and means committee, the house appropriations committee, the department of retirement systems, and other agencies having a direct financial interest in the investment of funds by the board, and to other persons on written request. The state investment board shall provide information to the department of retirement systems necessary for the preparation of monthly reports.
(2) At least annually, the board shall report on the board's investment activities for the department of labor and industries' accident, medical aid, and reserve funds to the senate financial institutions and insurance committee, the senate economic development and labor committee, and the house commerce and labor committee, or appropriate successor committees.
(3) At least annually, the board shall report on the board's investment activities for the higher education permanent funds to the house capital budget committee and the senate ways and means committee.
[ 2007 c 215 § 4; 1989 c 179 § 2; 1981 c 3 § 15.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: Senate Joint Resolution No. 8223 was rejected by the voters at the November 2012 election. This section has been returned to the status existing before its amendment by 2012 c 231 § 2.
Finding—Intent—Contingent effective date—2007 c 215: See notes following RCW 39.42.070.
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.160 - Funding of board—State investment board expense account.

RCW 43.33A.160
Funding of board—State investment board expense account.
(1) The state investment board shall be funded from the earnings of the funds managed by the state investment board, proportional to the value of the assets of each fund, subject to legislative appropriation.
(2) There is established in the state treasury a state investment board expense account from which shall be paid the operating expenses of the state investment board. Prior to November 1 of each even-numbered year, the state investment board shall determine and certify to the state treasurer and the office of financial management the value of the various funds managed by the investment board in order to determine the proportional liability of the funds for the operating expenses of the state investment board. Pursuant to appropriation, the state treasurer is authorized to transfer such moneys from the various funds managed by the investment board to the state investment board expense account as are necessary to pay the operating expenses of the investment board.
[ 1991 sp.s. c 13 § 32; 1985 c 57 § 32; 1982 c 10 § 10. Prior: 1981 c 242 § 1; 1981 c 219 § 5; 1981 c 3 § 16.]
NOTES:
Effective dates—Severability—1991 sp.s. c 13: See notes following RCW 18.08.240.
Effective date—1985 c 57: See note following RCW 18.04.105.
Severability—1982 c 10: See note following RCW 6.13.080.
Effective dates—1981 c 242: See note following RCW 43.79.330.
Effective dates—1981 c 219: See note following RCW 43.33A.020.
Effective dates—Severability—1981 c 3: See notes following RCW 43.33A.010.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.170 - Commingled trust funds—Participation of funds in investments of board.

RCW 43.33A.170
Commingled trust funds—Participation of funds in investments of board.
The state investment board is authorized to establish commingled trust funds in the state treasury for the implementation of specific investment programs for any combination of funds under its jurisdiction. At the discretion of the state investment board, the funds under the jurisdiction of the board may participate in the investments made by the board through state investment board commingled trust funds. The state investment board may establish accounts within any such commingled trust fund as necessary for the implementation of specific investment programs. The combining of moneys from funds located outside the state treasury with moneys from funds located within the state treasury for investment under this section shall not affect the nature, character, or purpose of a participating fund.
[ 1999 c 227 § 1; 1982 c 58 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.180 - Investment accounting—Transfer of functions and duties from state treasurer's office.

RCW 43.33A.180
Investment accounting—Transfer of functions and duties from state treasurer's office.
The state investment board shall account for and report on the investments authorized by this chapter in the manner prescribed by the office of financial management under chapter 43.88 RCW.
After approval of the director of financial management, all positions, reports, documents, and office equipment along with any appropriation necessary for carrying out the functions and duties transferred shall, on July 1, 1992, be transferred from the state treasurer's office to the state investment board. All employees assigned to such classified positions to be transferred, are assigned, without any loss of rights, to the state investment board.
[ 1992 c 232 § 905.]
NOTES:
Severability—1992 c 232: "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." [ 1992 c 232 § 911.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.190 - Self-directed investment—Board's duties (as amended by 2016 c 39).

RCW 43.33A.190
Self-directed investment—Board's duties (as amended by 2016 c 39).
Pursuant to RCW 41.34.130
and 43.330.464
, the state investment board shall invest all self-directed investment moneys under teachers' retirement system plan 3, the school employees' retirement system plan 3, ((
and
)) the public employees' retirement system plan 3
, and the Washington achieving a better life experience program
with full power to establish investment policy, develop investment options, and manage self-directed investment funds.
[ 2016 c 39 § 8; 2000 c 247 § 701; 1998 c 341 § 707; 1995 c 239 § 321.]
((
Pursuant to RCW 41.34.130,
))
T
he state investment board shall invest all self-directed investment moneys under teachers' retirement system plan 3, the school employees' retirement system plan 3, and the public employees' retirement system plan 3
pursuant to RCW 41.34.130 and under the college savings program, if the committee on advanced tuition payment and college savings selects the state investment board as the investment manager pursuant to RCW 28B.95.032,
with full power to establish investment policy, develop investment options, and manage self-directed investment funds.
[ 2016 c 69 § 20; 2000 c 247 § 701; 1998 c 341 § 707; 1995 c 239 § 321.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: RCW 43.33A.190 was amended twice during the 2016 legislative session, each without reference to the other. For rule of construction concerning sections amended more than once during the same legislative session, see RCW 1.12.025.
Effective dates—Subchapter headings not law—2000 c 247: See RCW 41.40.931 and 41.40.932.
Effective date—1998 c 341: See note following RCW 41.34.060.
Intent—Purpose—1995 c 239: See note following RCW 41.32.831.
Effective date—Part and subchapter headings not law—1995 c 239: See notes following RCW 41.32.005.
Benefits not contractual right until date specified: RCW 41.34.100.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.200 - Creation of entities for investment purposes—Liability—Tax status.

RCW 43.33A.200
Creation of entities for investment purposes—Liability—Tax status.
(1) The board is authorized to create corporations under Title 23B RCW, limited liability companies under chapter 25.15 RCW, and limited partnerships under chapter 25.10 RCW, of which it may or may not be the general partner, for the purposes of transferring, acquiring, holding, overseeing, operating, or disposing of real estate or other investment assets that are not publicly traded on a daily basis or on an organized exchange. The liability of each entity created by the board is limited to the assets or properties of that entity. No creditor or other person has any right of action against the board, its members or employees, or the state of Washington on account of any debts, obligations, or liabilities of the entity. Entities created under this section may be authorized by the board to make any investment that the board may make, including but not limited to the acquisition of: Equity interests in operating companies, the indebtedness of operating companies, and real estate.
(2) Directors, officers, and other principals of entities created under this section must be board members, board staff, or principals or employees of an advisor or manager engaged by contract by the board or the entity to manage real estate or other investment assets of the entity. Directors of entities created under this section must be appointed by the board. Officers and other principals of entities created under this section are appointed by the directors.
(3) A public corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership created under this section has the same immunity or exemption from taxation as that of the state. The entity shall pay an amount equal to the amounts that would be paid for taxes otherwise levied upon real property and personal property to the public official charged with the collection of such real property and personal property taxes as if the property were in private ownership. The proceeds of such payments must be allocated as though the property were in private ownership.
[ 1997 c 359 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.33A - State Investment Board. › 43.33A.210 - Assets not publicly traded—Treatment of rent and income—Management accounts—Application of this chapter and chapter 39.58 RCW.

RCW 43.33A.210
Assets not publicly traded—Treatment of rent and income—Management accounts—Application of this chapter and chapter 39.58 RCW.
Rent and other income from real estate or other investment assets that are not publicly traded on a daily basis or on an organized exchange that are acquired and being held for investment by the board or by an entity created under RCW 43.33A.200 by the board, and being managed by an external advisor or other property manager under contract, shall not be deemed income or state funds for the purposes of chapter 39.58 RCW and this title, until distributions are made to the board of such income from the advisor or manager. Bank and other accounts established by the advisor or property manager for the purpose of the management of such investment assets shall not be deemed accounts established by the state for the purpose of chapter 39.58 RCW and this title.
[ 1997 c 359 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.010 - Composition of committee.

RCW 43.34.010
Composition of committee.
The governor or the governor's designee, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the commissioner of public lands, ex officio, shall constitute the state capitol committee.
[ 1997 c 279 § 1; 1979 ex.s. c 57 § 10; 1965 c 8 § 43.34.010. Prior: 1961 c 300 § 5; 1921 c 7 § 8; RRS § 10766.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.015 - Secretary of committee—Committee records.

RCW 43.34.015
Secretary of committee—Committee records.
The commissioner of public lands shall be the secretary of the state capitol committee, but the committee may appoint a suitable person as acting secretary thereof, and fix his or her compensation. However, all records of the committee shall be filed in the office of the commissioner of public lands.
[ 1997 c 279 § 2; 1965 c 8 § 43.34.015. Prior: 1959 c 257 § 45; 1909 c 69 § 1; RRS § 7897. Formerly RCW 79.24.080.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.040 - Buildings—Erection—Improvements.

RCW 43.34.040
Buildings—Erection—Improvements.
The state capitol committee may erect one or more permanent buildings; one or more temporary buildings; excavate or partially excavate for any such building or buildings; partially erect any such building or buildings; make other temporary or permanent improvements wholly or in part; upon the capitol grounds belonging to the state and known as the "Sylvester site" or "Capitol place" in Olympia, Washington.
[ 1965 c 8 § 43.34.040. Prior: 1933 ex.s. c 34 § 1; RRS § 7915-1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.090 - Building names.

RCW 43.34.090
Building names.
(1) The legislature shall approve names for new or existing buildings on the state capitol grounds based upon recommendations from the state capitol committee and the director of the department of enterprise services, with the advice of the capitol campus design advisory committee, subject to the following limitations:
(a) An existing building may be renamed only after a substantial renovation or a change in the predominant tenant agency headquartered in the building.
(b) A new or existing building may be named or renamed after:
(i) An individual who has played a significant role in Washington history;
(ii) The purpose of the building;
(iii) The single or predominant tenant agency headquartered in the building;
(iv) A significant place name or natural place in Washington;
(v) A Native American tribe located in Washington;
(vi) A group of people or type of person;
(vii) Any other appropriate person consistent with this section as recommended by the director of the department of enterprise services.
(c) The names on the facades of the state capitol group shall not be removed.
(2) The legislature shall approve names for new or existing public rooms or spaces on the west capitol campus based upon recommendations from the state capitol committee and the director of the department of enterprise services, with the advice of the capitol campus design advisory committee, subject to the following limitations:
(a) An existing room or space may be renamed only after a substantial renovation;
(b) A new or existing room or space may be named or renamed only after:
(i) An individual who has played a significant role in Washington history;
(ii) The purpose of the room or space;
(iii) A significant place name or natural place in Washington;
(iv) A Native American tribe located in Washington;
(v) A group of people or type of person;
(vi) Any other appropriate person consistent with this section as recommended by the director of the department of enterprise services.
(3) When naming or renaming buildings, rooms, and spaces under this section, consideration must be given to: (a) Any disparity that exists with respect to the gender of persons after whom buildings, rooms, and spaces are named on the state capitol grounds; (b) the diversity of human achievement; and (c) the diversity of the state's citizenry and history.
(4) For purposes of this section, "state capitol grounds" means buildings and land owned by the state and otherwise designated as state capitol grounds, including the west capitol campus, the east capitol campus, the north capitol campus, the Tumwater campus, the Lacey campus, Sylvester Park, Centennial Park, the Old Capitol Building, and Capitol Lake.
[ 2015 c 225 § 74; 2002 c 164 § 1.]
NOTES:
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.100 - Memorial to commemorate global war on terror.

RCW 43.34.100
Memorial to commemorate global war on terror.
Any memorial established on capitol campus to commemorate the global war on terror must recognize service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn, which are classified under the umbrella term global war on terror. Any such memorial must include a component designed to reflect on the great number of active duty service members and veterans who have died by suicide after serving in these wars. The design of such a memorial must serve to honor those who are lost and provide a sacred space for healing and reflection for veterans and military families.
[ 2022 c 191 § 12.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 191: See note following RCW 43.60A.260.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.105 - Washington state global war on terror memorial account.

RCW 43.34.105
Washington state global war on terror memorial account.
(1) The Washington state global war on terror memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The purpose of the account is to support the establishment and maintenance of the memorial. The secretary of state may solicit and accept moneys from gifts, grants, or endowments for this purpose. All receipts from federal funds, gifts, or grants from the private sector, foundations, or other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the design, siting, permitting, construction, maintenance, dedication, or creation of educational materials related to placement of this memorial on the capital campus. Only the secretary of state, or the secretary of state's designee, may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but appropriation is not required for expenditures.
(2) The secretary of state may adopt rules governing the receipt and use of these funds.
[ 2022 c 191 § 13.]
NOTES:
Findings—Intent—2022 c 191: See note following RCW 43.60A.260.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.110 - Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature.

RCW 43.34.110
Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature.
(1) Any cultural landscape feature established on the capitol campus to commemorate the geological and cultural diversity of eastern Washington must recognize the flora and fauna, rich agriculture and forestry, and history of eastern Washington. Any such cultural landscape feature must include floral components such as ponderosa pine trees, quaking aspen trees, and western larch trees, or other site-adapted species. The design of such a cultural landscape feature must serve to celebrate the unique beauty of eastern Washington, its unparalleled agricultural significance to the state and world, and the deep history of these lands. The cultural landscape feature will also serve as a place of enjoyment and familiarity for those who call eastern Washington home.
(2) The capitol committee, or any subcommittee within, must consult with the department of enterprise services and the department of natural resources in its planning, planting, and placement of any floral components to be used as part of the eastern Washington cultural landscape feature.
[ 2023 c 302 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.34 - Capitol Committee. › 43.34.115 - Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature account.

RCW 43.34.115
Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature account.
(1) The Washington state eastern Washington cultural landscape feature account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The purpose of the account is to support the establishment and maintenance of the cultural landscape feature. The department of enterprise services may solicit and accept moneys from gifts, grants, or endowments for this purpose. All receipts from federal funds, gifts, or grants from the private sector, foundations, or other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the design, siting, permitting, construction, maintenance, dedication, or creation of educational materials related to placement of this cultural landscape feature on the capitol campus. Only the department of enterprise services, or the department of enterprise services' designee, may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but appropriation is not required for expenditures.
(2) The department of enterprise services may adopt rules governing the receipt and use of funds in the account.
[ 2023 c 302 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.030 - Purpose.

RCW 43.41.030
Purpose.
The legislature finds that the need for long-range state program planning and for the short-range planning carried on through the budget process, complement each other. The biennial budget submitted to the legislature must be considered in the light of the longer-range plans and goals of the state. The effectiveness of the short-range plan presented as budget proposals, cannot be measured without being aware of these longer-range goals. Thus efficient management requires that the planning and fiscal activities of state government be integrated into a unified process. It is the purpose of this chapter to bring these functions together in a new division of the office of the governor to be called the office of financial management.
[ 1979 c 151 § 109; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 1.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.040 - Definitions.

RCW 43.41.040
Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1) "Office" means the office of financial management.
(2) "Director" means the director of financial management.
(3) "Agency" means and includes every state agency, office, officer, board, commission, department, state institution, or state institution of higher education, which includes all state universities, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and community and technical colleges.
[ 1993 c 500 § 4; 1979 c 151 § 110; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 2.]
NOTES:
Finding—Severability—Effective date—1993 c 500: See notes following RCW 43.41.180.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.050 - Office of financial management created—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.

RCW 43.41.050
Office of financial management created—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
There is created in the office of the governor, the office of financial management which shall be composed of the present central budget agency and the state planning, program management, and population and research divisions of the present *planning and community affairs agency. Any powers, duties and functions assigned to the central budget agency, or any state planning, program management, or population and research functions assigned to the present *planning and community affairs agency by the 1969 legislature, shall be transferred to the office of financial management.
[ 1979 c 151 § 111; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 3.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "planning and community affairs agency" has been renamed the "department of community, trade, and economic development." The "department of community, trade, and economic development" was renamed the "department of commerce" by 2009 c 565.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.060 - Director—Appointment—Salary—Vacancy—Delegation of powers and duties.

RCW 43.41.060
Director—Appointment—Salary—Vacancy—Delegation of powers and duties.
The executive head of the office of financial management shall be the director, who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. He or she shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.03.040. If a vacancy occurs in his or her position while the senate is not in session, the governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next meeting of the senate, when he or she shall present to that body his or her nomination for the office. The director may delegate such of his or her powers, duties and functions to other officers and employees of the department as he or she may deem necessary to the fulfillment of the purposes of this chapter.
[ 2009 c 549 § 5118; 1979 c 151 § 112; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 4.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.070 - Personnel.

RCW 43.41.070
Personnel.
The director shall have the power to employ such personnel as may be necessary for the general administration of the office: PROVIDED, That, except as elsewhere specified in this chapter, such employment is in accordance with the rules of the state civil service law, chapter 41.06 RCW.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 5.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.080 - Deputy and assistant directors.

RCW 43.41.080
Deputy and assistant directors.
The director may appoint such deputy directors and assistant directors as shall be needed to administer the office of financial management. The officers appointed under this section and exempt from the provisions of the state civil service law by the terms of RCW 41.06.075, shall be paid salaries to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the procedure established by law for the fixing of salaries for officers exempt from the operation of the state civil service law.
[ 1979 c 151 § 113; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 6.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.100 - Director's powers and duties.

RCW 43.41.100
Director's powers and duties.
The director of financial management shall:
(1) Supervise and administer the activities of the office of financial management.
(2) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of the state budget and accounting system.
(3) Advise the governor and the legislature with respect to matters affecting program management and planning.
(4) Make efficiency surveys of all state departments and institutions, and the administrative and business methods pursued therein, examine into the physical needs and industrial activities thereof, and make confidential reports to the governor, recommending necessary betterments, repairs, and the installation of improved and more economical administrative methods, and advising such action as will result in a greater measure of self-support and remedies for inefficient functioning.
The director may enter into contracts on behalf of the state to carry out the purposes of this chapter; he or she may act for the state in the initiation of or participation in any multi-governmental agency program relative to the purposes of this chapter; and he or she may accept gifts and grants, whether such grants be of federal or other funds.
[ 2009 c 549 § 5119; 1979 c 151 § 114; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 8.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.102 - Director—Contract for collection and tabulation of census block statistics.

RCW 43.41.102
Director—Contract for collection and tabulation of census block statistics.
Subject to a specific appropriation for that purpose, the director of financial management is hereby authorized and directed to contract with the United States bureau of census for collection and tabulation of block statistics in any or all cities and towns.
[ 1979 c 151 § 115; 1977 ex.s. c 128 § 5.]
NOTES:
Severability—1977 ex.s. c 128: See note following RCW 29A.16.040.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.104 - Settlement and payment of accounts—Duty to require.

RCW 43.41.104
Settlement and payment of accounts—Duty to require.
Upon receipt of information from the state auditor as provided in *RCW 43.09.050(5) as now or hereafter amended, the director of financial management shall require all persons who have received any moneys belonging to the state and have not accounted therefor, to settle their accounts and make payment thereof.
[ 1979 c 151 § 116; 1977 ex.s. c 144 § 10.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: RCW 43.09.050 was amended by 1992 c 118 § 6, changing subsection (5) to subsection (6).
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RCW 43.41.106
Settlement and payment of accounts—Authority to require testimony and evidence.
The director of financial management may, in his or her discretion, require any person presenting an account for settlement to be sworn before him or her, and to answer, orally or in writing, as to any facts relating to it.
[ 2009 c 549 § 5120; 1979 c 151 § 117; 1977 ex.s. c 144 § 11.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.109 - "Undue hardship"—Defined by rule.

RCW 43.41.109
"Undue hardship"—Defined by rule.
The director of the office of financial management shall by rule establish a definition of "undue hardship" for the purposes of RCW 1.16.050.
[ 2014 c 168 § 2.]
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.110 - Powers and duties of office of financial management.

RCW 43.41.110
Powers and duties of office of financial management.
The office of financial management shall:
(1) Provide technical assistance to the governor and the legislature in identifying needs and in planning to meet those needs through state programs and a plan for expenditures.
(2) Perform the comprehensive planning functions and processes necessary or advisable for state program planning and development, preparation of the budget, inter-departmental and inter-governmental coordination and cooperation, and determination of state capital improvement requirements.
(3) Provide assistance and coordination to state agencies and departments in their preparation of plans and programs.
(4) Provide general coordination and review of plans in functional areas of state government as may be necessary for receipt of federal or state funds.
(5) Participate with other states or subdivisions thereof in interstate planning.
(6) Encourage educational and research programs that further planning and provide administrative and technical services therefor.
(7) Carry out the provisions of RCW 43.62.010 through 43.62.050 relating to the state census.
(8) Be the official state participant in the federal-state cooperative program for local population estimates and as such certify all city and county special censuses to be considered in the allocation of state and federal revenues.
(9) Be the official state center for processing and dissemination of federal decennial or quinquennial census data in cooperation with other state agencies.
(10) Be the official state agency certifying annexations, incorporations, or disincorporations to the United States bureau of the census.
(11) Review all United States bureau of the census population estimates used for federal revenue sharing purposes and provide a liaison for local governments with the United States bureau of the census in adjusting or correcting revenue sharing population estimates.
(12) Provide fiscal notes depicting the expected fiscal impact of proposed legislation in accordance with chapter 43.88A RCW.
(13) Be the official state agency to estimate and manage the cash flow of all public funds as provided in chapter 43.88 RCW. To this end, the office shall adopt such rules as are necessary to manage the cash flow of public funds.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 510; 2002 c 332 § 23; 1981 2nd ex.s. c 4 § 13; 1979 c 10 § 3. Prior: 1977 ex.s. c 110 § 4; 1977 ex.s. c 25 § 6; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
Intent—Effective date—2002 c 332: See notes following RCW 43.19.760.
Severability—1981 2nd ex.s. c 4: See note following RCW 43.30.325.
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RCW 43.41.113
Personnel policy and application of civil service laws.
(1) The office of financial management shall direct and supervise the personnel policy and application of the civil service laws, chapter 41.06 RCW.
(2) The director or the director's designee has the authority and shall perform the functions as prescribed in chapter 41.06 RCW, or as otherwise prescribed by law.
(3) The director may delegate to any agency the authority to perform administrative and technical personnel activities if the agency requests such authority and the director is satisfied that the agency has the personnel management capabilities to effectively perform the delegated activities. The director shall prescribe standards and guidelines for the performance of delegated activities. If the director determines that an agency is not performing delegated activities within the prescribed standards and guidelines, the director shall withdraw the authority from the agency to perform such activities.
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 1 § 321; 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 § 430.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes following RCW 43.19.003.
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RCW 43.41.120
Advisory or coordinating councils.
The director or the governor may establish such additional advisory or coordinating councils as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Members of such councils shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. They shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses while engaged in business of the councils in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.
[1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 § 114; 1969 ex.s. c 239 § 12.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Severability—1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34: See notes following RCW 2.08.115.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.160 - State health care cost containment policies.

RCW 43.41.160
State health care cost containment policies.
(1) It is the purpose of this section to ensure implementation and coordination of chapter 70.14 RCW as well as other legislative and executive policies designed to contain the cost of health care that is purchased or provided by the state. In order to achieve that purpose, the director may:
(a) Establish within the health care authority a health care cost containment program in cooperation with all state agencies;
(b) Implement lawful health care cost containment policies that have been adopted by the legislature or the governor, including appropriation provisos;
(c) Coordinate the activities of all state agencies with respect to health care cost containment policies;
(d) Study and make recommendations on health care cost containment policies;
(e) Monitor and report on the implementation of health care cost containment policies;
(f) Appoint a health care cost containment technical advisory committee that represents state agencies that are involved in the direct purchase, funding, or provision of health care; and
(g) Engage in other activities necessary to achieve the purposes of this section.
(2) All state agencies shall cooperate with the director in carrying out the purpose of this section.
[ 2011 1st sp.s. c 15 § 70; 1986 c 303 § 11.]
NOTES:
Effective date—Findings—Intent—Report—Agency transfer—References to head of health care authority—Draft legislation—2011 1st sp.s. c 15: See notes following RCW 74.09.010.
Health care authority: Chapter 41.05 RCW.
2023 Revised Code of Washington › Title 43 - State Government—Executive › Chapter 43.41 - Office of Financial Management. › 43.41.170 - Budgeting process—Agencies implementing energy conservation to retain cost savings.

RCW 43.41.170
Budgeting process—Agencies implementing energy conservation to retain cost savings.
The office of financial management shall ensure that to the extent possible the budget process shall allow state agencies implementing energy conservation to retain the resulting cost savings for other purposes, including further energy conservation.
[ 1989 c 11 § 15; 1986 c 325 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability—1989 c 11: See note following RCW 9A.56.220.
Findings—1986 c 325: "The legislature finds that:
(1) Capital investments in energy conservation in buildings can produce significant reductions in energy use, reducing the need to import or extract fossil fuels and lowering the cost of operating buildings.
(2) The state of Washington has an obligation to operate state buildings efficiently and to implement all cost-effective energy conservation measures so that citizens are assured that public funds are spent wisely and so that citizens have an example of the savings possible from energy conservation.
(3) The state has completed energy consumption and walk-through surveys of its buildings and other facilities and has established a schedule for technical assistance studies which is the basis for implementing energy conservation measure installations to meet the milestones in RCW 43.19.680. However, there is uncertainty that the milestones will be met.
(4) The potential savings from energy conservation can be more readily realized by explicitly considering conservation measures and procedures in the state's budgeting and long-range planning process." [ 1986 c 325 § 1.]