SB 5170 — Concerning funding and expenditures for legislative organizations by legislators who serve as elected leaders of those organizations.

S-0604.2S-0065.1 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5170 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By Senate State Government & Elections (originally sponsored by Senators Hunt, Kuderer, J.

Wilson)Wilson READPrefiled FIRST01/05/23. TIME 01/23/23.

Read first time 01/09/23.

Referred to Committee on State Government & Elections.

amending RCW 42.56.160;

(1) When soliciting gifts, grants, or donations to a regional or national legislative association for an official conference held outside the state of Washington, legislators who serve as elected leaders of the association and designated legislative employees are presumed not to be in violation of the solicitation and receipt of gift provisions of this chapter.

(2) For purposes of this section, any regional or national legislative association ismust: any organization which:

(a)(1) ExistsInclude foramong theits purposemembership ofthe supportingWashington legislatorsstate inlegislature theor executionindividual oflegislators theiror officiallegislative duties;staff;

(b)and Includes(2) amongbe itssupported membershipin part by the payment of annual dues by the Washington state legislature;legislature.

andSec. (c) Is supported in part by the payment of annual dues by the Washington state legislature.

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(1)p. No state officer or state employee may accept gifts, other than those specified in subsections (2) and (5) of this section, with an aggregate value in excess of fifty dollars from a single source in a calendar year or a single gift from multiple sources with a value in excess of fifty dollars.

1 SB 5170 (1) No state officer or state employee may accept gifts, other than those specified in subsections (2) and (5) of this section, with an aggregate value in excess of fifty dollars from a single source in a calendar year or a single gift from multiple sources with a value in excess of fifty dollars.

(h) Gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise accepted and p.

2 SSBSB 5170 (h) Gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, in trust or otherwise accepted and solicited for the purpose of promoting the expansion of tourism as provided for in RCW 43.330.090;

(i) Gifts, grants, conveyances, bequests, and devises of real or personal property, or both, solicited on behalf of a national or regional legislative associationassociation, as defined in section 1(2) of this act, the 2006 official conference of the national lieutenant governors' association, the annual conference of the national association of state treasurers(([,])), or a host committee, for the purpose of hosting an official conference under the circumstances specified in RCW 42.52.820, section 2, chapter 5, Laws of 2006, ((or)) RCW 42.52.821, or section 1 of this act.

(c) Unsolicited items received by a state officer or state employee for the purpose of evaluation or review, if the officer or p.employee has no personal beneficial interest in the eventual use or acquisition of the item by the officer's or employee's agency;

3p. SSB 5170 employee has no personal beneficial interest in the eventual use or acquisition of the item by the officer's or employee's agency;

3 SB 5170 (d) Informational material, publications, or subscriptions related to the recipient's performance of official duties;

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RCW 42.52.160 and 2022 c 37 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) No state officer or state employee may employ or use any person, money, or property under the officer's or employee's official control or direction, or in his or her official custody, for the private benefit or gain of the officer, employee, or another.

(2) This section does not prohibit the use of public resources to benefit others as part of a state officer's or state employee's official duties.

It is not a violation of this section for a legislator or an appropriate legislative staff designee to engage in activities listed under RCW 42.52.070(2) or section 1 of this act.

(3) This section does not prohibit de minimis use of state facilities to provide employees with information about (a) medical, p.

4 SSB 5170 surgical, and hospital care;

(b) life insurance or accident and health disability insurance;

or (c) individual retirement accounts, by any person, firm, or corporation administering such program as part of authorized payroll deductions pursuant to RCW 41.04.020.

(4) The appropriate ethics boards may adopt rules providing exceptions to this section for occasional use of the state officer or state employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does not result in interference with the proper performance of public duties.

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