Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 43.133 · 9 active provisions
Because of the proliferation of boards and special purpose districts, the legislature recognizes the necessity of developing a uniform and coordinated procedure for determining the need for these new units of government.
(1) For purposes of this chapter, "special purpose district" means any unit of local government other than a city, town, county, or school district.(2) For purposes of this chapter, "board" means a board, commission, council, committee or task force.
The office of financial management and the department of commerce shall, in cooperation with appropriate legislative committees and legislative staff, establish a procedure for the provision of sunrise notes on the expected impact of bills and resolutions that authorize the creation of new boards and new types of speci…
Sunrise notes shall include:(1) The purpose and expected impact of the new board or special purpose district;(2) The powers and duties of the new board or special purpose district;(3) The direct or potential duplication of the powers and duties of existing boards or special purpose districts; and(4) Other information r…
(1) The office of financial management shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation concerning the creation of new boards. The department of commerce shall prepare sunrise notes for legislation creating new types of special purpose districts.(2) A sunrise note shall be prepared for all executive and agency request legis…
Sunrise notes shall be filed with:(1) The committee to which the bill or resolution was referred upon introduction in the house of origin;(2) The senate committee on ways and means or its successor;(3) The house of representatives committee on ways and means or its successor;(4) The senate governmental operations commi…
Legislative standing committees shall forward notification and the sunrise note, if available, to the senate or house of representatives ways and means committee and the senate governmental operations committee or the house of representatives state government committee whenever a bill providing for the creation of a ne…
Nothing in this chapter prevents either house of the legislature from acting on any bill or resolution before it as otherwise provided by the state Constitution, by law, and by the rules and joint rules of the senate and house of representatives, nor shall the lack of any sunrise note as provided in this chapter or any…
This chapter shall be known as the Washington sunrise act.