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Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-028 - How are responsive public records produced?

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(1)
Providing electronic
			 records.
The commission may provide records to you electronically or may
			 provide paper copies. The following general procedures apply to production of
			 electronic copies:
(a) Records provided on the
			 commission's web site have been provided to you electronically. The commission
			 will not provide those records in another electronic format. The public records
			 officer will identify the link to the web site location of the records you
			 request.
(b) If you request an
			 electronic record that is not on the web site and not reasonably translatable
			 into the format you request, or the commission cannot provide the record in
			 electronic format you request, then at the commission's option either:
(i) Electronic copies will be provided to you
			 in a format currently used by the commission; or
(ii) Paper copies will be provided to
			 you.
(c) The commission
			 does not have an obligation to convert an electronic record to a digital format
			 that is different than a format maintained by the commission.
(d) The commission does not have an
			 obligation to purchase additional software, equipment, licenses or other items
			 to respond to your requests for records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-030 - What are the charges for inspecting or copying public records?

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(1) The commission does
			 not charge a fee for the inspection of public records made available in the
			 commission office or on the commission web site.
(2) The commission does not charge a fee for
			 locating public records and making them available to you for copying.
(3)
(a) The
			 commission may charge fees for production of copies of public records
			 consistent with the fee schedule established in
			 RCW
			  42.56.120.
(b) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.56.120(2), the commission
			 declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome for it to
			 calculate the actual costs it charges for providing copies of public records:
			 Funds were not allocated by the legislature for performing a study to calculate
			 such actual costs and the agency lacks the necessary funds to perform a study
			 and to calculate costs; and a study would interfere with and disrupt other
			 essential agency functions.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-040 - What happens if my public records request is denied?

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(1) If you object to
			 the denial of all or part of your request for a public record you may petition
			 the commission chair for prompt review of such decision by submitting a written
			 request for review to the public records officer. Your request for review must
			 be in writing and address the specific reasons given by the agency when it
			 denied your original public records request. Because of the risk of
			 misunderstandings in oral communications, the commission will not consider an
			 oral request for review.
(2) The
			 public records officer will immediately refer your written request for review
			 of a decision denying a public record to the chair of the commission or the
			 chair's designee. The chair or chair's designee will immediately consider the
			 matter and either affirm or reverse, in whole or in part, such denial or call a
			 special meeting of the commission as soon as legally possible to review the
			 denial. In any case, the agency will provide you with a final decision within
			 two business days following your petition for review of the original denial in
			 accordance with
			 RCW
			  42.56.520 unless you and the agency agree to
			 a longer time period for this review.
(3) The agency may also consider, and you are
			 encouraged to consider, using alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to
			 address the issues in your request for review.
(4) If the agency denies you access to public
			 records because it claims the record is exempt in whole or in part from
			 disclosure, you may request the attorney general's office to review the matter
			 under RCW
			  42.56.530. See WAC
			 44-06-160.
(5) You may seek court review of a denial of
			 a public records request under
			 RCW
			  42.56.550 beginning two business days after
			 the agency initially denies your request, regardless of any internal
			 administrative appeal.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.56.100,
				  42.56.040, and
				  42.17A.110. 12-18-015, §
				  390-14-040, filed 8/24/12, effective 9/24/12. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-14-040,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  99-12-062, § 390-14-040, filed 5/27/99, effective 6/27/99. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-010, § 390-14-040, filed 2/3/94, effective
				  3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 85-15-020 (Order 85-03), §
				  390-14-040, filed 7/9/85; Order 62, § 390-14-040, filed
				  8/26/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-045 - What is the records index?

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(1) The
			 commission has implemented an indexing system for the identification and
			 location of the following records:
(a) All
			 records issued before July 1, 1990, for which the commission has maintained an
			 index.
(b) Final adjudicative
			 orders and declaratory orders issued after June 30, 1990, that contain an
			 analysis or decision of substantial importance to the commission in carrying
			 out its duties.
(c) Interpretive
			 and policy statements issued after June 30, 1990.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-100 - List of elected public officials

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(1)
			 The public disclosure commission shall prepare a list of all state elected
			 officials of the state of Washington. The list shall be updated annually by
			 January 15th.
(2) The list shall
			 contain the names of those entities that are reported by state elected
			 officials and successful candidates for state office pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.710(1)(g).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-14-100,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  99-12-064, § 390-14-100, filed 5/27/99, effective 6/27/99; 85-15-020
				  (Order 85-03), § 390-14-100, filed 7/9/85; 80-05-097 (Order 80-05), §
				  390-14-100, filed 5/2/80; 79-10-017 (Order 79-05), § 390-14-100, filed
				  9/7/79; Order 62, § 390-14-100, filed
				  8/26/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-14 - Access to public records of the public disclosure commission › Section 390-14-110 - List of elected public officials - Name not on list, impact

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(1) The commission has
			 as part of its authority the power to suspend or modify reporting requirements
			 of chapter 42.17A RCW, if it finds after hearing that literal application of
			 the act would work a manifestly unreasonable hardship and suspension or
			 modification will not frustrate the purposes of the act.
(2) The commission shall presume it is a
			 manifestly unreasonable hardship for a lobbyist employer or other person filing
			 PDC Form C-7 pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.630 to report the compensation paid to
			 a state elected official, a successful candidate for state office, an immediate
			 family member of a state elected official or successful candidate for state
			 office, or a corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, union or
			 other entity in which one of these individuals holds any office, directorship,
			 general partnership interest, or an ownership interest of ten percent or more,
			 if:
(a) The name of such official, candidate,
			 family member or entity does not appear on the most recent list of state
			 elected officials prepared by the commission pursuant to WAC
			 390-14-100; and
(b) The lobbyist employer or other filer does
			 not have actual knowledge of compensation being paid to such official,
			 candidate, family member or entity.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-001 - Campaign finance disclosure

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Pursuant to chapter 42.17A RCW, candidates, political
				committees, and other persons participating in elections are subject to
				reporting requirements with the public disclosure commission. This chapter
				provides information on how to meet those requirements. To provide the public
				with full and immediate disclosure, electronic filing is required where the
				commission has provided an electronic filing method. The executive director may
				waive the electronic filing requirement and allow for the use of another
				written format based on a filer's lack of technological ability to file
				electronically. Links to electronic filing systems, forms and the instructions
				for filing can be found on the PDC website.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-011 - Registration statement for political committees

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The official form for providing the statement of organization
				by political committees for designating a campaign treasurer and depository and
				for reporting information required to qualify for mini campaign finance
				reporting is designated "C-1pc."
Reviser's note:
The brackets and enclosed
				  material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the
				  agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of
				  RCW
				   34.08.040.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047,
				  § 390-16-011, filed 12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 10-20-011, § 390-16-011, filed 9/24/10, effective 10/25/10;
				  08-01-069, § 390-16-011, filed 12/14/07, effective 1/14/08. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 06-08-039, § 390-16-011, filed 3/29/06,
				  effective 4/29/06; 05-06-070, § 390-16-011, filed 3/1/05, effective
				  4/1/05; 01-10-049, § 390-16-011, filed 4/26/01, effective 6/1/01.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 00-22-050, § 390-16-011, filed
				  10/27/00, effective 11/27/00; 99-22-083, § 390-16-011, filed 11/2/99,
				  effective 12/3/99. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-011, §
				  390-16-011, filed 2/3/94, effective 3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370.
				  93-15-004, § 390-16-011, filed 7/7/93, effective 8/7/93; 92-18-002, §
				  390-16-011, filed 8/20/92, effective 9/20/92; 91-22-033, § 390-16-011,
				  filed 10/30/91, effective 11/30/91; 89-20-068, § 390-16-011, filed
				  10/4/89, effective 11/4/89. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-04-071
				  (Order 86-01), § 390-16-011, filed 2/5/86; 82-11-026 (Order 82-03), §
				  390-16-011, filed 5/10/82; 82-02-007 (Order 81-04), § 390-16-011, filed
				  12/28/81; Order 91, § 390-16-011, filed 7/22/77; Order 62, §
				  390-16-011, filed 8/26/75; Order 60, § 390-16-011, filed
				  7/16/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-011A - Sponsored political committee

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(1)
			 "Sponsored political committees," "sponsors of political committees," and
			 "authorized committees," as those terms are used in the act and these rules,
			 are defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005. This rule applies to political
			 committees that are not authorized by a candidate, or by the public official
			 against whom recall charges have been filed.
(2) A sponsored political committee must
			 include on its C-1pc the name of at least one sponsor in the committee's
			 name.
(3) For purposes of
			 determining whether a political committee is sponsored, as defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005, by having received eighty percent
			 or more of its contributions from a person or from the person's members,
			 officers, employees, or shareholders, the political committee organized to
			 support or oppose a particular candidate or ballot proposition must consider
			 all contributions received by the committee in the previous twelve
			 months.
(4) A sponsored political
			 committee must amend its C-1pc sixty days before an election in which it
			 participates if the committee's name on its most recently filed C-1pc does not
			 include at least one current sponsor. To determine if the committee received
			 eighty percent or more of its contributions from a person or from the person's
			 members, officers, employees, or shareholders at the time of the amendment:
(a) A political committee not organized to
			 support or oppose a particular candidate or ballot proposition must consider
			 all contributions received in the previous twelve months through the date of
			 filing the amended C-1pc.
(b) A
			 committee organized to support or oppose a particular candidate or ballot
			 proposition must consider all contributions received from the time the
			 committee was organized or filed its initial C-1pc, whichever is
			 earlier.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-012 - Registration statement for candidates

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The official form for providing the statement of organization
				by candidates and candidate committees, for designating a campaign treasurer
				and depository, and for reporting information required to qualify for mini
				campaign finance reporting is designated "C-1."
Reviser's note:
The brackets and enclosed
				  material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the
				  agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of
				  RCW
				   34.08.040.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-012,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  10-20-011, § 390-16-012, filed 9/24/10, effective 10/25/10; 08-01-069,
				  § 390-16-012, filed 12/14/07, effective 1/14/08. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370. 06-08-039, § 390-16-012, filed 3/29/06, effective 4/29/06;
				  05-06-070, § 390-16-012, filed 3/1/05, effective 4/1/05; 01-10-054, §
				  390-16-012, filed 4/26/01, effective 6/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 00-22-051, § 390-16-012, filed 10/27/00, effective 11/27/00;
				  99-22-084, § 390-16-012, filed 11/2/99, effective 12/3/99. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-011, § 390-16-012, filed 2/3/94, effective
				  3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-15-004, § 390-16-012, filed
				  7/7/93, effective 8/7/93; 92-18-002, § 390-16-012, filed 8/20/92,
				  effective 9/20/92; 89-20-068, § 390-16-012, filed 10/4/89, effective
				  11/4/89.
Reviser's note:
The brackets and enclosed
				  material in the text of the above section occurred in the copy filed by the
				  agency.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-013 - Incidental committees-Registration and reporting requirements and method for reporting

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(1) Chapter 42.17A RCW
			 requires the disclosure of monetary and in-kind contributions and expenditures
			 by nonprofit organizations that participate significantly in candidate and
			 ballot proposition campaigns in Washington state. Nonprofit organizations that
			 make contributions or expenditures in Washington elections above specified
			 thresholds, and are not otherwise defined under the law as political
			 committees, must file organizational statements with the PDC and disclose
			 certain contributors, regardless of the organization's primary purpose. These
			 are referred to in the law as "incidental committees." To be an incidental
			 committee, triggering the requirements to file a statement of organization with
			 the PDC and then file the required disclosure reports, an organization must
			 expect to make contributions or expenditures of at least $35,000 in a calendar
			 year for an election campaign and receive a payment of at least $15,000 from a
			 single source.
(2) The official
			 form for providing the statement of organization by incidental committees as
			 required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.207 is designated the incidental
			 committee registration report, or "C-1-IC."
(3) The official form for reporting top 10
			 payments and expenditures by incidental committees as required under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.240 is designated the incidental
			 committee payments and political expenditures report, or "C-8."
(4) These reporting forms must be filed
			 electronically when the PDC has provided an electronic method to do so. Until
			 an electronic method is provided, the reporting forms should be downloaded from
			 the PDC's website,
www.pdc.wa.gov
, or
			 obtained at the PDC office, in Olympia, Washington, and submitted by postal
			 mail or hand delivery. The executive director may make exceptions on a
			 case-by-case basis for an incidental committee that lacks the technological
			 ability to file reports electronically.
(5) For purposes of determining whether a
			 nonprofit organization has the expectation of making contributions or
			 expenditures aggregating at least $35,000 in a calendar year that then triggers
			 the reporting requirements:
(a) Contributions
			 include any monetary or in-kind contributions made to a political committee,
			 including a political committee that the nonprofit organization sponsors;
			 and
(b) Contributions do not
			 include contributions made to an out-of-state political committee, unless the
			 contribution is earmarked or otherwise designated specifically for any in-state
			 election campaign or political committee.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-031 - Statement of contributions deposit

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The official form for statement of contributions deposit, as
				required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.235, is designated
				"C-3."
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-031,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  02-01-014, § 390-16-031, filed 12/7/01, effective 1/7/02. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-011, § 390-16-031, filed 2/3/94 effective
				  3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-09-002, § 390-16-031, filed
				  4/8/93, effective 5/9/93; 89-20-068, § 390-16-031, filed 10/4/89,
				  effective 11/5/89. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-04-071 (Order
				  86-01), § 390-16-031, filed 2/5/86; 84-05-018 (Order 84-01), §
				  390-16-031, filed 2/10/84; 82-11-026 (Order 82-03), § 390-16-031, filed
				  5/10/82; 82-02-007 (Order 81-04), § 390-16-031, filed 12/28/81; 81-14-038
				  (Order 81-02), § 390-16-031, filed 6/29/81; Order 62, § 390-16-031,
				  filed 8/26/75; Order 60, § 390-16-031, filed
				  7/16/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-032 - Auction report

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The official form for reporting items donated and sold at
				auctions, as required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.240(2), is designated
				"Attachment Au." This attachment shall accompany each C-3 which reports the
				receipt of funds from an auction.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-032,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  02-03-018, § 390-16-032, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02; 99-22-081, §
				  390-16-032, filed 11/2/99, effective 12/3/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.390. 94-05-011, § 390-16-032, filed 2/3/94, effective 3/6/94.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 92-19-011, § 390-16-032, filed 9/3/92,
				  effective 10/4/92; 89-20-068, § 390-16-032, filed 10/4/89, effective
				  11/4/89.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-033 - Earmarked contributions-How to report

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The official form for reporting the details surrounding an
				earmarked contribution, as required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.270, is designated "Special Report E."
				This report shall be filed within two business days of receiving a contribution
				earmarked for another candidate or committee.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-033,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  02-03-018, § 390-16-033, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-011, § 390-16-033, filed 2/3/94, effective
				  3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 90-16-083, § 390-16-033, filed
				  7/31/90, effective 8/31/90; 89-20-068, § 390-16-033, filed 10/4/89,
				  effective 11/4/89. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-14-056 (Order
				  86-05), § 390-16-033, filed
				  6/27/86.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-034 - Additional contribution reporting requirements

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Pursuant to
				RCW
				 42.17A.240, each report required under
				RCW
				 42.17A.235 shall disclose, in addition to the
				name and address of each person who has made one or more contributions in the
				aggregate amount of more than $250, their occupation, and the name and location
				(city and state) of their employer.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-034,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  02-01-014, § 390-16-034, filed 12/7/01, effective 1/7/02; 96-05-001,
				  § 390-16-034, filed 2/7/96, effective 3/9/96. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370. 93-24-003, § 390-16-034, filed 11/18/93, effective
				  12/19/93.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-037 - Purpose of campaign expenditures-How to report

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(1) Any
			 person required to report the "purpose" of an expenditure under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.240(6), or
			 42.17A.255 (5)(b), must identify any candidate(s) or
			 ballot proposition(s) that are supported or opposed by the expenditure as
			 required to be filed under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.205 (2)(f) and
			 (g);
(2) Whenever an expenditure is made to a
			 candidate or a political committee pursuant to an agreement or understanding of
			 any kind regarding how the recipient will use the expenditure, the report must
			 describe in detail that agreement or understanding and the goods and/or
			 services to be provided.
Example A: If an expenditure is made directly to a vendor for
				get-out-the-vote (GOTV) phone calls or robocalls, the purpose must include the
				following details:
Vendor
							 Name
Purpose
Amount
ABC Robocall
GOTV-phone bank 28th and 29th Legislative
							 districts
$1,000
Example B: If an expenditure is made directly to a vendor for
				printing, the purpose must include the following details:
Vendor
							 Name
Purpose
Amount
ABC Printing
5,000 brochures
$3,000
(3)
			 Any expenditure using "synthetic media," as defined under
			 RCW
			  42.62.020, in the creation or distribution of
			 any political advertising or other expenditure, must identify:
(a) The name of the vendor that provided the
			 software or other digital technology used to create the synthetic
			 media;
(b) The commercial
			 advertiser that sold the advertising, if any; and
(c) The description of any audience targeting
			 information provided as a service for any digital communication by a digital
			 communication platform, or other vendor.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-038 - Definition-Aggregate (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-038,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  10-20-012, § 390-16-038, filed 9/24/10, effective 10/25/10; 02-03-018,
				  § 390-16-038, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02; 96-09-016, §
				  390-16-038, filed 4/8/96, effective 5/9/96. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370.
				  93-22-002, § 390-16-038, filed 10/20/93, effective 11/20/93. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-04-071 (Order 86-01), § 390-16-038, filed
				  2/5/86; Order 62, § 390-16-038, filed
				  8/26/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-039 - Total contributions and expenditures-How to report

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(1) A continuing political committee which is
			 not organized to support or oppose a particular candidate or ballot proposition
			 shall report total contributions and expenditures based on a calendar year, or
			 upon the basis of a fiscal year if the commission expressly authorizes this
			 method. The report filed by such a continuing political committee covering
			 January (or the first month thereafter for which a report would be required by
			 RCW
			  42.17A.225 and
			 42.17A.235) shall contain in summary the following items remaining at the end of the
			 year:
(a) Funds on hand;
(b) The total of outstanding
			 pledges;
(c) Unpaid loans and
			 outstanding obligations;
(d)
			 Pledges given to others but not yet paid.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-041 - Summary of total contributions and expenditures

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The official form for reports of contributions and
				expenditures by candidates and political committees who use the "full"
				reporting option is designated "C-4," and includes Schedule A, Schedule B,
				Schedule C, and Schedule L.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-041,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  10-20-011, § 390-16-041, filed 9/24/10, effective 10/25/10; 04-01-132,
				  § 390-16-041, filed 12/18/03, effective 1/18/04; 02-01-014, §
				  390-16-041, filed 12/7/01, effective 1/7/02; 99-22-082, § 390-16-041,
				  filed 11/2/99, effective 12/3/99. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1) and
				  42.17.090(1)(k). 97-06-085, § 390-16-041, filed 3/3/97, effective 4/3/97.
				  Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.390. 94-05-011, § 390-16-041, filed 2/3/94,
				  effective 3/6/94. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 93-09-002, §
				  390-16-041, filed 4/8/93, effective 5/9/93; 92-18-002, § 390-16-041, filed
				  8/20/92, effective 9/20/92; 92-05-080, § 390-16-041, filed 2/18/92,
				  effective 3/20/92; 91-22-033, § 390-16-041, filed 10/30/91, effective
				  11/30/91; 90-16-083, § 390-16-041, filed 7/31/90, effective 8/31/90;
				  89-20-068, § 390-16-041, filed 10/4/89, effective 11/4/89. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-08-030 (Order 86-02), § 390-16-041, filed
				  3/26/86; 86-04-071 (Order 86-01), § 390-16-041, filed 2/5/86; 84-05-018
				  (Order 84-01), § 390-16-041, filed 2/10/84; 82-11-026 (Order 82-03),
				  § 390-16-041, filed 5/10/82; 82-02-007 (Order 81-04), § 390-16-041,
				  filed 12/28/81; Order 91, § 390-16-041, filed 7/22/77; Order 62, §
				  390-16-041, filed 8/26/75; Order 60, § 390-16-041, filed
				  7/16/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-042 - Debts and obligations-Contingent liabilities-How to report

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(1) Pursuant to
			 RCW
			  42.17A.240 and
			 42.17A.005, "promise," "promise to
			 pay," "debt" and "obligations" mean:
(a) Any
			 oral or written order or agreement placed for goods, services, or anything else
			 of value;
(b) Any offer to purchase
			 advertising space, broadcast time, or other written, broadcast, or digital
			 advertising-related product or service;
(c) Any contractual contingent liability;
			 or
(d) Provided that the amount of
			 the debt or obligation in (a), (b), or (c) of this subsection owed to a vendor
			 is more than $1,000, and the vendor has not been paid in full for the goods
			 received, invoices submitted, or services performed within the time periods
			 specified below:
(i) For reports due within 30
			 days of an election, debts or obligations of more than $1,000 must be reported
			 if the debt or obligation has been outstanding for more than five business days
			 as of the last day of the reporting period.
(ii) For reports due during any other
			 reporting period, debts or obligations of more than $1,000 must be reported if
			 the debt or obligation has been outstanding for more than 10 business days as
			 of the last day of the reporting period.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-049 - Out-of-state political committees

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(1)RCW
			  42.17A.250 governs campaign reporting in
			 Washington state by committees located outside of Washington. The committee
			 begins reporting when it makes an expenditure supporting or opposing a
			 Washington state candidate or political committee.
(2) To file as an out-of-state political
			 committee, all the criteria in (a) and (b) of this subsection must be
			 satisfied:
(a)
Out-of-state.
First, the committee must be located out-of-state. It must maintain its office
			 or headquarters in another U.S. state or the District of Columbia, and have no
			 office, street address or corporate registered agent in Washington state. If
			 there is no office or headquarters in another state or the District of
			 Columbia, and no corporate registered agent in Washington state, the political
			 committee is deemed out-of-state if its treasurer resides in another U.S. state
			 or the District of Columbia.
(b)
Organizational purpose and campaign activities.
Second, the
			 committee must also be currently organized primarily for engaging in campaign
			 activities in another state. Therefore, to qualify as a current out-of-state
			 committee, the committee must also:
(i) Be
			 currently registered and actively filing campaign disclosure reports in one or
			 more other states and has been so filing for the preceding two years;
			 and
(ii) Have organizational
			 documents showing it was originally formed and is currently organized for the
			 purpose of making expenditures in another state or soliciting contributions for
			 use in another state's election campaigns; and
(iii) Have spent less than twenty percent of
			 its aggregate expenditures for all political campaign activity nationwide at
			 any point in any calendar year to support and/or oppose Washington candidates
			 for state, local and judicial office, Washington ballot measures and/or
			 Washington political committees.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-050 - Forms for contributions and expenditures of out-of-state political committees

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The official form for the report required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.250 of contributions and expenditures
				of an out-of-state political committee organized for the purpose of supporting
				or opposing candidates or ballot propositions in another state, that is not
				otherwise required to report under
				RCW
				 42.17A.205 through
				42.17A.240,
				is designated "C-5."
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110 and
				  42.17A.250(1)(g).
				  12-11-033, § 390-16-050, filed 5/10/12, effective 6/10/12. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047, § 390-16-050, filed
				  12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1) and
				  42.17.093(1)(g). 09-19-004 and 09-19-103, § 390-16-050, filed 9/2/09 and
				  9/21/09, effective 10/3/09 and 11/4/09. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370.
				  08-01-059, § 390-16-050, filed 12/14/07, effective 1/14/08. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370 and 42.17.093(1)(i). 06-18-035, § 390-16-050,
				  filed 8/28/06, effective 9/28/06. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1).
				  04-01-131, § 390-16-050, filed 12/18/03, effective 1/18/04; 02-12-007,
				  § 390-16-050, filed 5/23/02, effective 6/23/02; 02-03-018, §
				  390-16-050, filed 1/4/02, effective 2/4/02. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.390.
				  94-05-011, § 390-16-050, filed 2/3/94 effective 3/6/94. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 89-20-068, § 390-16-050, filed 10/4/89,
				  effective 11/4/89. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-04-071 (Order
				  86-01), § 390-16-050, filed 2/5/86; 82-11-026 (Order 82-03), §
				  390-16-050, filed 5/10/82; Order 77, § 390-16-050, filed 6/2/76; Order 62,
				  § 390-16-050, filed 8/26/75; Order 6, § 390-16-050, filed
				  3/23/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-058 - Independent expenditure-Definition and application

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(1) "Independent
			 expenditure," as that term is used in chapter 42.17A RCW, other than
			 RCW
			  42.17A.255, and as used in these rules, means
			 an "expenditure" as defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005 that has each of the following
			 elements:
(a) It is made in support of or in
			 opposition to a candidate for public office subject to the filing requirements
			 in chapter 42.17A RCW, by a person who is not:
(i) A candidate for that office;
(ii) An authorized committee of that
			 candidate for that office;
(iii) A
			 person who has received the candidate's encouragement or approval to make the
			 expenditure, if the expenditure pays in whole or in part for any political
			 advertising supporting that candidate or promoting the defeat of any other
			 candidate or candidates for that office.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-059 - Electioneering communication reporting threshold

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(1) A "sponsor" of an
			 electioneering communication is defined in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005.
(2) For the purposes of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005, an electioneering communication
			 is reportable by the sponsor to the commission when the communication, alone or
			 in combination:
(a) Identifies the same
			 candidate in one or more communications satisfying
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005(21) (a) (i) and
			 (ii)  or these rules;
(b) Is made by the same sponsor of one or
			 more of the communications;
(c)
			 When it, either alone, or in combination with one or more communications
			 identifying the candidate by the same sponsor during the 60 days before an
			 election, has a fair market or aggregate value of $2,000 or more; and
(d) Is not a communication excluded from the
			 meaning of "expenditure" under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.005 or by these
			 rules.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-060 - Independent expenditures and electioneering communications- How to report

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The official form for reports of independent expenditures and
				electioneering communications as required by
				RCW
				 42.17A.255,
				42.17A.260 and
				42.17A.305 is designated "C-6."
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.130 and 42.17.093. 12-01-047,
				  § 390-16-060, filed 12/14/11, effective 1/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370 and 42.17.562. 06-11-132, § 390-16-060, filed 5/23/06, effective
				  6/23/06. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 02-12-007, § 390-16-060,
				  filed 5/23/02, effective 6/23/02; 02-03-018, § 390-16-060, filed 1/4/02,
				  effective 2/4/02. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 89-20-068, §
				  390-16-060, filed 10/4/89, effective 11/4/89. Statutory Authority: RCW
				   42.17.370(1). 86-04-071 (Order 86-01), § 390-16-060, filed 2/5/86;
				  82-11-026 (Order 82-03), § 390-16-060, filed 5/10/82; Order 77, §
				  390-16-060, filed 6/2/76; Order 62, § 390-16-060, filed 8/26/75; Order 6,
				  § 390-16-060, filed 3/23/73.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-063 - Additional information regarding independent expenditures and C-6 report filing

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(1)RCW
			  42.17A.255 requires a person not otherwise
			 subject to the disclosure requirements of chapter 42.17A RCW to disclose an
			 independent expenditure of $1,000 or more that supports or opposes a candidate
			 or ballot measure.
			 RCW
			  42.17A.260 requires the disclosure of
			 political advertising with a fair market value of $2,000 or more that is
			 presented to the public within 21 days of an election, that supports or opposes
			 a ballot proposition, or that qualifies as an independent expenditure and
			 supports or opposes a candidate.
(a)
Prorating and attributing independent expenditures that support or oppose
			 multiple candidates or ballot measures.
Whether to disclose an
			 independent expenditure that supports or opposes multiple candidates or ballot
			 measures is determined by prorating and attributing the cost of the expenditure
			 among all candidates or ballot measures that are the subject of the
			 expenditure. Disclosure is required when:
(i)
			 The pro rata cost for a single candidate or ballot measure reaches or exceeds
			 the statutory threshold and none of the subject candidates are seeking election
			 to the same office and none of the subject ballot measures are competing
			 measures; or
(ii) The sum of the
			 pro rata costs attributable to all candidates seeking election to the same
			 office or the sum of the pro rata costs attributable to competing ballot
			 measures reaches or exceeds the statutory threshold.
Example 1 (prorating): A mailer/postcard supports one candidate
				and one ballot measure at a total cost of $3,200. One side of the postcard is
				entirely devoted to the ballot measure. The other side is split evenly between
				the candidate and the ballot measure. The ballot measure's pro rata share is
				$2,400 (75%) and the candidate's pro rata share is $800 (25%).
Example 2 (prorating and attributing): An independent
				expenditure ad appears in the newspaper two weeks before the election. The ad
				costs $2,000; 50% of the ad supports a candidate and the other 50% opposes the
				candidate's opponent. The independent expenditure is disclosed under
				RCW
				 42.17A.260 because the sum of the pro rata
				share for the two candidates who seek the same office is $2,000.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-071 - Annual report of major contributors and persons making independent expenditures

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RCW
				 42.17A.630 requires that:
(1) Any person, other than an individual,
			 must file with the commission an annual "Special Political Expenditures"
			 report, if the person:
(a) Made contributions
			 to any state office candidates or statewide ballot proposition committees
			 totaling more than the aggregate amount during the preceding calendar year for
			 contributions referenced in WAC
			 390-05-400;
			 or
(b) Made independent
			 expenditures regarding state office candidates and statewide ballot
			 propositions totaling more than the aggregate amount during the preceding
			 calendar year for independent expenditures on political advertising, referenced
			 in WAC
			 390-05-400.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-105 - Mini campaign reporting-Eligibility

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(1) A candidate or
			 candidate's authorized committee, as those terms are defined in the act and
			 these rules, is not required to comply with the provisions of
			 RCW
			  42.17A.225 through
			 42.17A.240, except as otherwise
			 prescribed in WAC
			 390-16-038,
			 390-16-115, and
			 390-16-125, if the committee
			 selects the mini reporting option on its registration and meets both of the
			 following conditions:
(a) Neither aggregate
			 contributions nor aggregate expenditures exceed the amount of the candidate's
			 filing fee provided by law plus a sum not to exceed $7,000; and
(b) No contribution or contributions from any
			 person other than the candidate exceed $500 in the aggregate. However, a bona
			 fide political party may pay the candidate's filing fee provided by law without
			 that payment disqualifying that candidate from eligibility under this
			 section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-111 - Mini campaign reporting-Special fund-raising events

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The term "any person" as used in WAC
				390-16-105
				does not mean a fund-raising activity conducted pursuant to
				RCW
				 42.17A.225. Candidates and committees using
				mini reporting as permitted under WAC
				390-16-105
				shall not be limited to receiving five hundred dollars from a fund-raising
				event provided that the payments from any person do not exceed five hundred
				dollars from all fund raising conducted during a campaign or calendar
				year.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				   42.17A.110. 12-03-002, § 390-16-111,
				  filed 1/4/12, effective 2/4/12. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1) and (8).
				  08-01-058, § 390-16-111, filed 12/14/07, effective 1/14/08. Statutory
				  Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 01-10-051, § 390-16-111, filed 4/26/01,
				  effective 6/1/01; 89-20-068, § 390-16-111, filed 10/4/89, effective
				  11/4/89. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370(1). 86-04-071 (Order 86-01), §
				  390-16-111, filed 2/5/86; Order 77, § 390-16-111, filed
				  6/2/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-115 - Mini campaign reporting-Regis-tration and recordkeeping

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The exemptions allowed in WAC
				390-16-105
				will be granted to a candidate or political committee, including a continuing
				political committee, only upon compliance with the following conditions:
(1) A candidate must file a C-1 registration
			 with the commission within fourteen days of first:
(a) Receiving contributions, making
			 expenditures, reserving space or facilities or purchasing commercial
			 advertising space or broadcast time to promote their candidacy;
(b) Giving the candidate's consent to another
			 person to take any of the actions in (a) of this subsection on behalf of the
			 candidate; or
(c) Announcing
			 publicly or filing a declaration of candidacy with the appropriate elections
			 official.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-121 - Mini reporting committees-Last minute committee registration

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For purposes of compliance with WAC
				390-16-115,
				a political committee organized within the last three weeks before an election
				and having the expectation of receiving contributions or making expenditures
				during and for that election, shall file the registration statement within
				three business days after its organization or when it first has the expectation
				of receiving contributions or making expenditures in the election
				campaign.
Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.370. 89-20-068, §
				  390-16-121, filed 10/4/89, effective
				  11/4/89.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 390 - Public Disclosure Commission › Chapter 390-16 - Campaign finance reporting › Section 390-16-125 - Mini campaign reporting- Exceeding limitations

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(1) A candidate or political committee
			 wishing to change from mini to full reporting must apply electronically to the
			 PDC for authorization to change reporting options before the limitations
			 specified in WAC
			 390-16-105
			 are exceeded. A complete application must include all of the following
			 documents:
(a) An amended registration
			 statement (Form C-1 for candidates, Form C-1pc for political committees)
			 selecting the full reporting option as provided in
			 RCW
			  42.17A.225 through
			 42.17A.240;
(b) PDC forms C-3 and C-4 with relevant
			 schedules and attachments disclosing all contributions and expenditures to date
			 reportable under
			 RCW
			  42.17A.240 for the election campaign, or in
			 the case of continuing political committees, for the calendar year;
			 and
(c)
(i) If the applicant is a candidate, a
			 statement affirming that all candidates registered with the PDC for the office
			 being sought have been notified personally in writing of the application, and
			 the manner and date of such notification;
(ii) If the applicant is the treasurer of a
			 political committee supporting or opposing a ballot proposition, a statement
			 affirming that all treasurers of all political committees registered with the
			 commission as supporting or opposing the proposition have been notified
			 personally in writing of the application, and the manner and date of such
			 notification; or
(iii) If the
			 applicant is the treasurer of a county or legislative district party committee,
			 a statement affirming that the treasurer of that party committee's counterpart
			 in any other major political party has been notified personally in writing of
			 the application, and the manner and date of such
			 notification.