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Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-200 - Major political party organizations

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(1) With respect to a major political party,
			 each of the following is considered a separate organization for purposes of
			 making and receiving contributions: Governing body of the state organization,
			 county central committee, and legislative district committee.
(2) Each major political party is restricted
			 to one state central committee, one county central committee per county, and
			 one legislative district committee per legislative district for making and
			 receiving contributions.
(3) Each
			 major political party shall designate each county central committee and each
			 legislative district committee and shall notify the commission in writing of
			 the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of each committee
			 officer within two weeks following the designation.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 02-23-001, §
				  390-17-200, filed 11/6/02, effective 12/7/02; 93-16-064, § 390-17-200,
				  filed 7/30/93, effective 8/30/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-300 - Contribution designation for primary and general election

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(1) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 and
			 42.17A.410, if a contribution is
			 designated in writing by the contributor for a specific election, the
			 contribution will be attributed to the contributor's limit for that designated
			 election.
(2) An undesignated
			 contribution made prior to the date of a primary election shall be attributed
			 to the contributor's limit for the primary election. Undesignated contributions
			 made after the date of the primary shall be attributed to the contributor's
			 limit for the general election.
(3)
			 Any portion of an undesignated contribution made prior to the date of the
			 primary which exceeds the contributor's primary election contribution limit
			 shall be attributed to the contributor's limit for the general
			 election.
(4) Contributions for the
			 primary election shall be accounted for separately from those for the general
			 election, such that campaign records reflect one aggregate contribution total
			 for each contributor giving in the primary election as well as one aggregate
			 contribution total for each contributor giving in the general
			 election.
(5) General election
			 contributions shall not be spent for the primary election if to do so would
			 cause the contributor of the general election contribution to exceed that
			 contributor's contribution limit for the primary election.
(6) If a candidate loses in the primary
			 election, or otherwise is not a candidate in the general election, all
			 contributions attributed to the primary election remaining after repayment of
			 outstanding campaign obligations shall be considered surplus funds, disposal of
			 which is governed by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.430. If a candidate loses in the
			 primary election, or otherwise is not a candidate in the general election, all
			 contributions attributed to the general election shall be returned to the
			 contributors of the funds in an amount equal to the contributor's general
			 election aggregate total. If a portion of a contributor's general election
			 contribution was spent on the primary election consistent with subsection (5)
			 of this section, the amount returned to the contributor may be reduced by the
			 amount of the contribution spent on the primary election.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-17-300,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 07-07-005,
				  § 390-17-300, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.390. 94-07-141, § 390-17-300, filed 3/23/94, effective 4/23/94.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-16-064, § 390-17-300, filed
				  7/30/93, effective 8/30/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-301 - Eligibility to receive primary election contributions

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(1) Candidates for state and certain local
			 offices are subject to the contribution limits in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405. Judicial candidates are subject
			 to the contribution limits in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.410. Only candidates who appear on the
			 primary election ballot or as write-in candidates in the primary election may
			 receive primary election contributions.
(2) Once the appropriate elections official
			 determines that no primary election for a particular office will be held, a
			 declared candidate for that office must refund any contributions received in
			 excess of the general election contribution limit. The candidate or the
			 candidate's authorized committee must make the refunds within two weeks of the
			 election's official's determination, and must disclose the refunds on the
			 appropriate report.
(3) Failure by
			 a candidate or a candidate's authorized committee to make refunds as required
			 by subsection (2) of this section is a violation of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 or
			 42.17A.410 by the candidate, but
			 not by the contributors who made primary election contributions before a
			 determination was made that no primary election would be held.
(4) WAC
			 390-17-303 sets out additional
			 eligibility criteria for superior court candidates.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-302 - Contributions after the primary election

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(1) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 and
			 42.17A.410,
			 the date of the primary is the last day for making primary-related
			 contributions unless a candidate subject to contribution limits loses in the
			 primary, that candidate's authorized committee has insufficient funds to pay
			 debts outstanding as of the date of the primary, and the contributions are used
			 to satisfy this outstanding debt.
(2) For purposes of the contribution limit in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 and
			 42.17A.410,
			 any contribution made up to thirty days after the primary election pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 and
			 42.17A.410 is aggregated with contributions made on or before the date of the primary from
			 the same contributor and any person with whom that contributor shares a limit
			 under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.455 and WAC
			 390-16-309.
(3) The day following the primary election is
			 considered the first day of the thirty-day period during which contributions
			 may be made to candidates subject to contribution limits who lose in the
			 primary election and who have outstanding primary debts.
(4) For purposes of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405 and
			 42.17A.410,
			 "outstanding primary debts," "outstanding debts" and "debts outstanding" all
			 mean:
(a) Unpaid primary-election-related
			 debts incurred on or before the date of the primary by the authorized committee
			 of a candidate who lost the primary election for an office subject to
			 contribution limits; and
(b)
			 Reasonable costs associated with activities of the losing candidate's
			 authorized committee necessary to retire the primary-election-related debts it
			 incurred on or before the date of the primary. Examples of such reasonable
			 costs include:
(i) Necessary administrative
			 expenses (office space rental, staff wages, taxes, supplies, telephone and
			 computer costs, postage, and the like) for activities actually and directly
			 related to retiring the committee's debt; and
(ii) Necessary expenses actually and directly
			 related to the fund-raising activities undertaken to retire the debt, as long
			 as all persons solicited for contributions are notified that the contributions
			 are subject to that contributor's primary election limit for that losing
			 candidate.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-303 - Superior court candidates-Eligibility to receive contributions

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(1) Candidates for
			 judicial office are subject to the contribution limits in RCW 42.17A.-410 and
			 the timing restriction on contributions of a candidate's personal funds in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.420. Pursuant to Article 4, Section
			 29, Amendment 41 of the state Constitution and
			 RCW
			  42.17A.410, candidates for the office of
			 judge of the superior court may only receive contributions for each election in
			 which the candidate is on the ballot or appears as a write-in
			 candidate.
(2) For purposes of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.410:
(a) Only superior court candidates who appear
			 on the primary election ballot or as write-in candidates in the primary
			 election may receive contributions with respect to that primary; and
(b) Only superior court candidates who appear
			 on the general election ballot or as write-in candidates in the general
			 election may receive contributions with respect to that general
			 election.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-305 - Personal funds of a candidate

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(1)
			 The personal funds of a candidate include:
(a)
			 Assets which the candidate has legal access to or control over, and which he or
			 she has legal title to or an equitable interest in, at the time of
			 candidacy;
(b) Income from
			 employment;
(c) Dividends and
			 proceeds from stocks and other investments;
(d) Income from trusts, if established before
			 candidacy;
(e) Income from trusts
			 established from bequests, even if established after candidacy;
(f) Personal gifts, if customarily received;
			 and
(g) Proceeds from lotteries and
			 similar games of chance.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-310 - Definition-Doing business in Washington

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A corporation or business entity is "doing business in
				Washington state" for purposes of
				RCW
				 42.17A.405 if it conducts continuous or
				substantial activities in Washington state of such character as to give rise to
				a legal obligation.
In determining whether a corporation or business entity is
				doing business in Washington state, the commission will take into consideration
				the following nonexclusive list of indicators:
* Purposefully availing itself of the privilege of conducting
				business in the state by invoking both benefits and protections of state
				law.
* Appointing an agent for service of process in Washington
				state.
* Registering as a corporation in Washington.
* Operating business locations in Washington.
* Hiring employees to work in Washington.
* Purchasing or selling goods or services in Washington.
* Operating an interactive internet web site for the purpose of
				conducting business.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-17-310,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 07-07-005,
				  § 390-17-310, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07; 05-04-039, §
				  390-17-310, filed 1/27/05, effective 2/27/05. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 96-05-001, § 390-17-310, filed 2/7/96, effective 3/9/96.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-16-064, § 390-17-310, filed
				  7/30/93, effective 8/30/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-315 - Political committees-Qualifications to contribute

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(1) Within 180 days of making a contribution
			 to a state office candidate, to a state official against whom recall charges
			 have been filed, or to a political committee having the expectation of making
			 expenditures in support of the recall of the official, a political committee
			 shall have received contributions of $25 or more each from at least 10
			 individuals registered to vote in Washington state.
(2) A political committee shall have received
			 contributions of $25 or more each from at least 10 individuals registered to
			 vote in Washington state before contributing to a Washington state political
			 committee.
(3) A political
			 committee shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of these registered
			 voters from whom contributions are received, the amount of each contribution,
			 and the date each contribution is received. Upon written request of the
			 commission or other person seeking this information, the political committee
			 shall provide the list within 14 days.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047,
				  § 390-17-315, filed 12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370. 07-07-005, § 390-17-315, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 02-03-018, § 390-17-315, filed
				  1/4/02, effective 2/4/02; 96-05-001, § 390-17-315, filed 2/7/96, effective
				  3/9/96. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-07-141, § 390-17-315, filed
				  3/23/94, effective 4/23/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-16-064,
				  § 390-17-315, filed 7/30/93, effective
				  8/30/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-320 - Contributions from corporations, businesses, unions and political committees

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Pursuant to
				RCW
				 42.17A.405, entities prohibited from
				contributing to a candidate for state office, a state official against whom
				recall charges have been filed or a political committee having the expectation
				of making expenditures in support of the recall of the official shall not
				earmark or otherwise direct a contribution to one of these recipients through a
				political committee.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-17-320,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 07-07-005,
				  § 390-17-320, filed 3/8/07, effective 4/8/07. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 96-05-001, § 390-17-320, filed 2/7/96, effective 3/9/96.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-11-016, § 390-17-320, filed 5/5/94,
				  effective 6/5/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-400 - Time limit to solicit or accept contributions

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The purpose of this rule is to clarify and implement the
				restriction period set forth in
				RCW
				 42.17A.560.
(1) "Campaign debt," as used in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.560 and these rules, means any debt
			 incurred by a candidate seeking election to a Washington state nonfederal
			 public office, including campaigns for state, county, city, town, school
			 district, special district or other state political subdivision elective
			 office.
(2) "Known candidates"
			 means individuals who are, or who become, candidates for state or local office
			 during a legislative session freeze period.
(3) "Legislative session freeze period" means
			 the period of time in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.560 within which contributions shall
			 not be solicited or accepted by a state official or a person employed by or
			 acting on behalf of a state official.
(a) The
			 freeze period begins at 12:01 a.m. on the thirtieth day before the start of the
			 regular legislative session and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the day of adjournment of
			 the regular legislative session.
(b) If a special session is held immediately
			 following the end of the regular legislative session, the freeze period ends at
			 11:59 p.m. on the day the special session adjourns.
(c) If a special session is held other than
			 within thirty days before a regular legislative session, the freeze period
			 begins at 12:01 a.m. on the first day of the special session and ends at 11:59
			 p.m. on the final day of the special session.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-405 - Volunteer services

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(1) In accordance
			 with
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005(16)(b)(vi), an
			 individual may perform services or labor for a candidate or political committee
			 without it constituting a contribution, so long as the individual is not
			 compensated by any person for the services or labor rendered and the services
			 are of the kind commonly performed by volunteer campaign workers. These
			 commonly performed services include:
(a)
			 Office staffing;
(b) Doorbelling or
			 leaflet drops;
(c) Mail handling
			 (folding, stuffing, sorting and postal preparation, processing emails to and
			 from the campaign);
(d) Political
			 or fund-raising event staffing;
(e)
			 Telephone bank activity (conducting voter identification, surveys or polling,
			 and get-out-the-vote campaigns);
(f) Construction and placement of yard signs,
			 hand-held signs or in-door signs;
(g) Acting as a driver for candidate or
			 candidate or committee staff;
(h)
			 Scheduling of campaign appointments and events;
(i) Transporting voters to polling places on
			 election day;
(j) Except as
			 provided in subsection (2) of this section, preparing campaign disclosure
			 reports required by chapter 42.17A RCW and otherwise helping to ensure
			 compliance with state election or public disclosure laws;
(k) Campaign consulting and management
			 services, polling and survey design, public relations and advertising
			 (including online advertising), or fund-raising performed by any individual, so
			 long as the individual does not ordinarily charge a fee or receive compensation
			 for providing the service;
(l)
			 Creating, designing, posting to and maintaining a candidate or political
			 committee's official campaign web site or online forum, so long as the
			 individual does not ordinarily charge a fee or receive compensation for
			 providing the service; and
(m) All
			 similar activities as determined by the PDC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-17 - Contribution limitations › Section 390-17-410 - Electioneering communications may constitute contributions and be subject to limit

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(1) Electioneering
			 communications are contributions when they satisfy the definition of
			 contribution in RCW 42.17A.-005 (16) or 42.17A.310.
(2) Contributions are subject to all
			 applicable provisions of chapter 42.17A RCW and Title 390 WAC, including
			 RCW
			  42.17A.405,
			 42.17A.410 and
			 42.17A.420.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-17-410,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370 and
				  42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-17-410, filed 5/23/06, effective
				  6/23/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-010 - Sponsor identification of advertising, political advertising, electioneering communications, and independent expenditures

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(1) For the purposes of
			 chapter 42.17A RCW and Title 390 WAC:
(a)
			 "Sponsor of political advertising, electioneering communication, or independent
			 expenditure" is, as used in the act and in these rules, and defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005.
(b) Unless the context clearly provides
			 otherwise, "advertising" or "advertisement" means political advertising,
			 independent expenditures that are for political advertising, or electioneering
			 communications, subject to the provisions of chapter 42.17A RCW and as defined
			 in RCW
			  42.17A.005 or
			 42.17A.255.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-015 - Online political advertising (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110 and
				  42.17A.320. 13-12-017, §
				  390-18-015, filed 5/24/13, effective
				  6/24/13.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-020 - Advertising-Political party identification

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(1)RCW
			  42.17A.320 requires sponsors of
			 electioneering communications identifying a candidate or advertising supporting
			 or opposing a candidate to clearly identify the candidate's political party or
			 independent status in the advertising when the candidate has expressed a party
			 or independent preference on the declaration of candidacy.
(2) To assist sponsors in complying with this
			 requirement, the commission shall publish a list of abbreviations or symbols
			 that clearly identify political party affiliation or independent status. These
			 abbreviations may be used by sponsors to identify a candidate's political
			 party.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-18-020,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370 and
				  42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-18-020, filed 5/23/06, effective 6/23/06.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 99-12-067, § 390-18-020, filed
				  5/27/99, effective 6/27/99. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-16-064,
				  § 390-18-020, filed 7/30/93, effective 8/30/93. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 85-15-020 (Order 85-03), § 390-18-020, filed
				  7/9/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-025 - Advertising-Identification of "top five contributors" and "top three donors to PAC contributors"

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Sponsors must identify the "top five contributors" when
				required to be included in political advertising, as provided in WAC
				390-18-010. When the "top five
				contributor" list includes one or more political committees, the sponsor must
				further identify and separately include in the advertisement the collective
				"top three donors to PAC contributors" to all such political committees. This
				section explains how the sponsor should identify such "top three donors to PAC
				contributors."
(1) For purposes of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.320, "top five contributors" means the
			 five persons, as defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005, giving the largest aggregate
			 contributions of $2,000 or more during the 12-month period preceding the date
			 on which the advertisement is published or otherwise presented to the public.
			 The sponsor may calculate the 12-month period from the date the advertisement
			 is submitted to a third-party publisher for reasonably prompt publication, so
			 long as there is no anticipated or intentional delay in the publication or
			 presentation. If more than five contributors give an amount equal to the
			 largest aggregate contribution exceeding the threshold value and the funds are
			 received during the relevant 12-month period, the political committee
			 sponsoring the advertisement must select five of these contributors to identify
			 as the top five contributors.
(2)
(a) If a political committee keeps records
			 necessary to track contributions used according to the use intended by its
			 contributors, that committee may identify the top contributions to the
			 advertisement, as opposed to identifying the overall top five contributors to
			 the committee, if such identified contributors made contributions that were
			 intended and actually used to pay for the advertisement.
(b) For purposes for identifying the top five
			 contributors, the sponsor should not include contributions earmarked, tracked,
			 and used for purposes other than paying for the advertisement. However, if a
			 sponsor uses a contributor's contributions earmarked for advertising for a
			 different candidate or slate of candidates than the candidate or candidates
			 intended by the contributor, the sponsor must include such contribution in
			 determining the "top five contributors" of the actual advertisement for which
			 the contribution was used.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-027 - Definition-Medium that does not include a visual image

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(1) For electioneering communications
			 identifying sponsors and top five contributors as required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.320, a "medium that does not include a
			 visual image" means audio only, such as radio, which is transmitted without a
			 visual component.
(2) For
			 independent expenditures identifying sponsors and top five contributors as
			 required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.320, a "medium that does not include a
			 visual image" means audio only, such as radio or telephone transmissions,
			 without a visual component.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-18-027,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370 and
				  42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-18-027, filed 5/23/06, effective
				  6/23/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-030 - Advertising-Exemptions from sponsor identification and alternatives for online advertising

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(1)RCW
			  42.17A.320 requires that political
			 advertising must identify certain information. The commission is authorized to
			 exempt advertising where the sponsor identification disclosures required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.320(1) and (2)  are
			 impractical. In addition, other political advertising is exempt from providing
			 certain disclosures.
(2) The
			 following forms of advertising need not include the sponsor's name and address,
			 the "no candidate authorized this ad" sponsor identification, the "top five
			 contributors," "top three donors to PAC contributors," or the identification of
			 the individual, corporation, union, association, or other entity that
			 established, maintains, or controls the sponsoring political committee as
			 otherwise required by
			 RCW
			 42.17A.-320 (1) and (2) and 42.17A.350:
(a) Campaign paraphernalia, including novelty
			 or sundry items intended for individual distribution and use, with a printing
			 surface area smaller than 4" x 15" square inches, including expandable surface
			 area such as a balloon when expanded, or where such identification is otherwise
			 impractical to provide a readable text;
(b) Newspaper ads of one column inch or less
			 (excluding online ads);
(c) Reader
			 boards where a message is affixed in movable letters, or skywriting;
(d) State or local voter's pamphlets
			 published pursuant to law; and
(e)
			 Yard signs - size 4' x 8' or smaller.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-035 - Synthetic media-Application of disclosure statements in electioneering communications

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For purposes of chapter 42.62 RCW, any disclosure statement
				regarding the use of "synthetic media" in an electioneering communication is in
				addition to any required disclosure statements under chapter 42.17A RCW and
				Title 390 RCW, and may not substitute, replace, or otherwise interfere with
				such disclaimer requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-18 - Political advertising › Section 390-18-040 - Use of the terms "reelect," "retain," and "return"

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(1) The term "reelect" when used in an
			 advertisement represents that the candidate is presently holding the office
			 being sought, was elected to it, and is seeking another term in that same
			 office in the same district or political subdivision.
(2) The term "reelect" may be used in an
			 advertisement by a nonincumbent candidate who has previously been elected to
			 the office being sought provided that in the same advertisement it is clearly
			 stated that the candidate is not the incumbent.
(3) The term "retain" in an advertisement
			 represents that the candidate is the incumbent but does not necessarily imply
			 that the candidate attained the office by election.
(4) The term "return" in an advertisement
			 represents that the candidate now holds, or has previously held, the office
			 being sought, but does not represent that the office was necessarily attained
			 by election.
(5) Whenever the
			 boundaries of a district or political subdivision are officially altered
			 through redistricting, consolidation or other official procedures, the
			 candidate holding an office in the affected district or political subdivision
			 may, in an advertisement, use the term "reelect," "retain" or "return," as
			 appropriate, if the candidate is seeking the same office in the revised
			 district or political subdivision.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370 and 42.17.562. 06-11-132,
				  § 390-18-040, filed 5/23/06, effective 6/23/06. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 02-03-018, § 390-18-040, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 92-12-037, § 390-18-040, filed
				  5/29/92, effective 6/29/92. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 88-14-064
				  (Order 88-02), § 390-18-040, filed 7/1/88; 86-12-059 (Order 86-03), §
				  390-18-040, filed 6/3/86.
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Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047,
				  § 390-18-060, filed 12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370 and 42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-18-060, filed 5/23/06, effective
				  6/23/06.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-19 - Electronic filing › Section 390-19-010 - Submission of required materials electronically

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(1) The public disclosure commission (PDC)
			 was created and empowered by initiative of the people to provide timely and
			 meaningful public access to information about the financing of political
			 campaigns, lobbyist expenditures, and the financial affairs of public officials
			 and candidates, and to ensure compliance with this chapter.
(2) Full and prompt access to the information
			 required by persons subject to the law is best realized through use of
			 electronic reporting. For this reason, the Washington state legislature and the
			 commission have mandated the use of electronic reporting, and the commission
			 also requires that other materials, such as applications, statements, notices,
			 payments, or other items required under the provisions of chapter 42.17A RCW be
			 submitted to the PDC electronically, where the PDC has made an electronic
			 method available.
(3) Persons
			 subject to reporting requirements under this chapter must file reports using
			 the electronic reporting method provided or approved by the PDC.
(4) Persons required to provide the PDC with
			 electronic contact information must provide an email address or other
			 electronic format, if such alternate format has been approved by the
			 PDC.
(5) Any person required to
			 provide information electronically, or required to provide electronic contact
			 information, but who does not do so, is in violation of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.055 and may be subject to enforcement
			 action unless the person has sought and been granted an exception under WAC
			 390-19-050.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 01-22-052, §
				  390-19-010, filed 10/31/01, effective
				  1/1/02.
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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-19-020,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  10-04-058, § 390-19-020, filed 1/29/10, effective 3/1/10. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 09-02-021, § 390-19-020, filed 12/30/08,
				  effective 1/30/09; 01-22-052, § 390-19-020, filed 10/31/01, effective
				  1/1/02.
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Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047,
				  § 390-19-030, filed 12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 10-20-011, § 390-19-030, filed 9/24/10, effective 10/25/10.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 05-11-001, § 390-19-030, filed 5/4/05,
				  effective 6/4/05. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 04-01-130, §
				  390-19-030, filed 12/18/03, effective 1/18/04. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370. 01-22-052, § 390-19-030, filed 10/31/01, effective
				  1/1/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-19 - Electronic filing › Section 390-19-040 - Electronic submission of required materials-Date of receipt, verification, and amendments

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(1) An
			 electronic report is filed when it is received and validated by the PDC
			 computer system. The PDC will notify the person reporting that the electronic
			 report has been received.
(2) An
			 electronic report is timely filed if received on or before 11:59 p.m. Pacific
			 Time on the prescribed reporting date.
(3) An electronic report that is infected
			 with a virus, damaged, or is improperly formatted is not properly filed with
			 the PDC and will be rejected.
(4)
			 To amend an electronically filed report, the entire report must be
			 electronically refiled.
(5) Where
			 no electronic method has been provided, or where the executive director has
			 approved a hardship exemption to the electronic requirement, the date of
			 receipt of any properly addressed mailed application, report, statement,
			 notice, payment, or other item required under the provisions of chapter 42.17A
			 RCW is the date shown by the post office cancellation mark on the envelope. Any
			 item mailed to the PDC under the provisions of chapter 42.17A RCW that does not
			 include a post office cancellation mark is presumed to be provided timely if
			 received by the PDC within five business days of the due date.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 01-22-052, §
				  390-19-040, filed 10/31/01, effective
				  1/1/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-19 - Electronic filing › Section 390-19-045 - Electronic filing system-Inoperable

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(1)
			 For the purpose of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.055,"electronic filing system" means
			 the specific PDC-provided application or functionality necessary to file a
			 specific report and does not include software provided by third
			 parties;
(2) For the purpose of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.055, "inoperable" means the electronic
			 filing system used by the filer is unable to prepare or receive the required
			 report except as provided in subsection (3) of this section;
(3) The electronic filing system is not
			 considered inoperable during regular maintenance periods lasting less than
			 thirty minutes between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. Pacific Time or
			 unscheduled events lasting less than fifteen minutes in any twenty-four-hour
			 period;
(4) The PDC will provide
			 notification for all periods of inoperability on its web site and will provide
			 an option for individuals to also be notified by electronic notification upon
			 request.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-19 - Electronic filing › Section 390-19-050 - Electronic submission of required materials-Exceptions

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The PDC executive director may make exceptions on a
				case-by-case basis for persons who lack the technological ability to submit
				required materials electronically.
A person seeking an exception must electronically file with
				the executive director of the PDC a written statement of reasons why the person
				lacks the ability to submit required materials electronically. For required
				reports, the request should be submitted by the tenth day of the month
				preceding the month in which the report is due so that action on the request
				can be completed before the filing deadline. The request does not suspend the
				reporting requirement of any portion of chapter 42.17A RCW. Upon receipt of a
				filed request, the executive director may request further information from the
				applicant in consideration of the request. The executive director will issue a
				decision to approve or deny a request for an exception to an electronic
				submittal requirement within thirty days of receiving a filed request, which
				may be extended if further information is provided upon request by the
				executive director.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-19-050,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 01-22-052,
				  § 390-19-050, filed 10/31/01, effective
				  1/1/02.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-013 - Lobbyist registration - Photograph - Requirements

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The photograph to be submitted by a registering lobbyist shall
				satisfy the requirements of a photo acceptable for a United States passport.
				The photograph shall have been taken within twelve months of the date of
				registration.
Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.370(1). 85-24-020 (Order
				  85-05), § 390-20-013, filed 11/26/85; 82-14-016 (Order 82-04), §
				  390-20-013, filed 6/28/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-014 - Registration during last calendar quarter of the biennial registration period

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(1) The
			 registration of a lobbyist who registers during the last calendar quarter of an
			 even-numbered year is valid until the second Monday of January three years
			 later, unless it is terminated or suspended before that day.
(2) Lobbyists are required to file monthly
			 expense reports L-2 Report) for each month in which they are registered, even
			 if no reportable lobbying expenditures are made.
(3) Lobbyist employers must file the
			 employer's report L-3 Report) for each calendar year or portion thereof in
			 which a lobbyist employed by them is registered.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 99-12-069, §
				  390-20-014, filed 5/27/99, effective 6/27/99; 87-08-025 (Order 87-02), §
				  390-20-014, filed 3/25/87.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-015 - Lobbyists registration - Termination

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A lobbyist who ceases lobbying activity may terminate his or
				her registration at any time by filing with the commission a signed statement,
				consistent with
				RCW
				 42.17A.600(3), indicating
				that he or she is not lobbying or being compensated to lobby. This notice of
				termination may be provided on an L-2 report for the month in which termination
				has taken place. A lobbyist who terminates his or her registration shall file
				all reports required by chapter 42.17A RCW for the period during which he or
				she was registered as a lobbyist. The employer of a lobbyist who terminates his
				or her registration shall not be relieved of any duty to file the reports
				otherwise required by chapter 42.17A RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-20-015,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  99-12-070, § 390-20-015, filed 5/27/99, effective 6/27/99; 85-24-020
				  (Order 85-05), § 390-20-015, filed 11/26/85; Order 62, § 390-20-015,
				  filed 8/26/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-017 - Suspension of registration

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Lobbyists may temporarily suspend their registration by
				amending the registration to in- dicate the months in which no lobbying will be
				done, no expenditures will be made for lobbying, and no compensation will be
				received for lobbying. The amendment must be made before the beginning of the
				suspension period.
(1) During the
			 period when the suspension is effective, the PDC will not require L-2 Reports
			 to be filed.
(2) The registration
			 shall be reinstated upon the expiration of the suspension period indicated on
			 the amended registration, or if the lobbyist further amends the registration in
			 advance to indicate a new date of reinstatement. The lobbyist must update any
			 information on the registration upon reinstatement.
(3) Notification under this rule does not
			 suspend or modify the requirement in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.600(4) for a new
			 registration each odd-numbered year.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 85-24-020 (Order
				  85-05), § 390-20-017, filed
				  11/26/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-018 - Lobbyist voluntary registration

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A person, exempt from registration under
				RCW
				 42.17A.600, who voluntarily registers as a
				lobbyist, shall not be required to file the reports required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.615.
The employer of any voluntarily registered lobbyist shall not
				be required to file the reports provided in
				RCW
				 42.17A.630.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-20-018,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  85-24-020 (Order 85-05), § 390-20-018, filed
				  11/26/85.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-020 - Reporting lobbyist expenditures

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The official report of expenditures is designated "L-2," which
				includes the L-2 Memo Report. This report is available on the PDC's
				website,
www.pdc.wa.gov
, and at the PDC
				Office, Room 206, Evergreen Plaza Building, Olympia,
				Washington.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 02-03-018, §
				  390-20-020, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02; 96-01-103, § 390-20-020, filed
				  12/19/95, effective 1/19/96. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-04-072,
				  § 390-20-020, filed 1/29/93, effective 3/1/93; 91-24-011, §
				  390-20-020, filed 11/22/91, effective 12/23/91; 90-20-088, § 390-20-020,
				  filed 9/28/90, effective 10/29/90. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  85-24-020 (Order 85-05), § 390-20-020, filed 11/26/85; 82-21-020 (Order
				  82-07), § 390-20-020, filed 10/12/82; 80-02-055 (Order 80-01), §
				  390-20-020, filed 1/17/80; Order 94, § 390-20-020, filed 10/31/77; Order
				  88, § 390-20-020, filed 12/29/76; Order 62, § 390-20-020, filed
				  8/26/75; Order 45, § 390-20-020, filed 9/26/74; Order 6, §
				  390-20-020, filed 3/23/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-20 - Reporting lobbying activities › Section 390-20-020A - L-2 Reporting guide

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For Entertainment, Receptions, Travel and Educational
				Expenditures
Typical Expenditures* (Only
							 permitted if receipt could not reasonably be expected to influence the
							 performance of the officer's or employee's official duties.)
Itemize
							 Expense?
Give Copy of Monthly Expense
							 Report or Memo Report to Elected Official?
Entertaining State Officials, Employees or
							 Their Families:
[] Any type of entertainment occasion costing $100 or
							 less
No
No
[] Breakfast, lunch or dinner for legislator or other
							 state official or employee (singly, or in conjunction with family member(s and
							 total cost for occasion is:
* $100 or less
* More than $100, and amount attributable to
							 legislator/family is more than $100
No
Yes
No
Yes
[] Tickets to theater, sporting events,
							 etc.
Yes
No
[] Golf outing
Yes
No
Receptions:
[] Reception to which the entire legislature, all
							 members of a chamber, or any of the two largest caucuses recognized in each
							 chamber are invited and is:
* Sponsored by a person other than a lobbyist;
* Attended by individuals other than legislators,
							 lobbyists, and lobbyist employers;
* A social event; and
* Does not include a sit-down meal.
Yes Disclose list of attendees (submitting sign-in
							 sheet is sufficient). A per-person cost is not required
No
[] All other receptions
Yes
Yes, if the food and beverage cost for the legislator
							 and family members exceeds $50
Travel-Related Expenditures for Officials,
							 Employees:
[] Travel, lodging, meals for office-related
							 appearance or speech at lobbyist employer's annual conference
Yes
Yes
[] Travel, lodging, meals for office-related tour of
							 lobbyist employer's manufacturing plant or other facility
Yes
Yes
Educational Expenditures for Officials,
							 Employees:
[] Travel, lodging, meals, tuition to attend seminar
							 sponsored by nonprofit organization
Yes
Yes
Other Lobbying-Related Items:
[] Flowers costing any amount to officials, staff
							 and/or family
No
No
[] Candy costing 0 or less per official or
							 employee
No
No
[] Golf balls, coffee cups or other promotional
							 items
No
No
[] Fruit baskets costing $100 or less per official or
							 employee
No
No
Note:
References to employees or staff do not constitute
						  authority to provide impermissible items to regulatory, contracting or
						  purchasing employees.
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A registered lobbyist who is not compensated for lobbying and,
				who in advance, informs the commission that the only expenses to be incurred
				are those exempt from reporting as provided in
				RCW
				 42.17A.615(3)(a) through (d) 
				shall not be required to file an L-2 report.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-20-024,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  85-24-020 (Order 85-05), § 390-20-024, filed
				  11/26/85.