(1) The statement of
financial affairs required by RCW 42.17.240 shall disclose for
the reporting individual and each member of his or her immediate
family:
(a) Occupation, name of employer, and business address; and
(b) Each bank or savings account or insurance policy in
which any such person or persons owned a direct financial
interest that exceeded *five thousand dollars at any time during
the reporting period; each other item of intangible personal
property in which any such person or persons owned a direct
financial interest, the value of which exceeded *five hundred
dollars during the reporting period; the name, address, and
nature of the entity; and the nature and highest value of each
such direct financial interest during the reporting period; and
(c) The name and address of each creditor to whom the value
of *five hundred dollars or more was owed; the original amount
of each debt to each such creditor; the amount of each debt owed
to each creditor as of the date of filing; the terms of repayment
of each such debt; and the security given, if any, for each such
debt: PROVIDED, That debts arising out of a "retail installment
transaction" as defined in chapter 63.14 RCW (Retail Installment
Sales Act) need not be reported; and
(d) Every public or private office, directorship, and
position held as trustee; and
(e) All persons for whom any legislation, rule, rate, or
standard has been prepared, promoted, or opposed for current or
deferred compensation: PROVIDED, That for the purposes of this
subsection, "compensation" does not include payments made to the
person reporting by the governmental entity for which such person
serves as an elected official or state executive officer or
professional staff member for his service in office; the
description of such actual or proposed legislation, rules, rates,
or standards; and the amount of current or deferred compensation
paid or promised to be paid; and
(f) The name and address of each governmental entity,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
association, union, or other business or commercial entity from
whom compensation has been received in any form of a total value
of five hundred dollars or more; the value of the compensation;
and the consideration given or performed in exchange for the
compensation; and
(g) The name of any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, union, or other entity in which is held any office,
directorship, or any general partnership interest, or an
ownership interest of ten percent or more; the name or title of
that office, directorship, or partnership; the nature of
ownership interest; and with respect to each such entity: (i)
With respect to a governmental unit in which the official seeks
or holds any office or position, if the entity has received
compensation in any form during the preceding twelve months from
the governmental unit, the value of the compensation and the
consideration given or performed in exchange for the
compensation; (ii) the name of each governmental unit,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship,
association, union, or other business or commercial entity from
which the entity has received compensation in any form in the
amount of *two thousand five hundred dollars or more during the
preceding twelve months and the consideration given or performed
in exchange for the compensation: PROVIDED, That the term
"compensation" for purposes of this subsection (1)(g)(ii) does
not include payment for water and other utility services at rates
approved by the Washington state utilities and transportation
commission or the legislative authority of the public entity
providing the service: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That with respect to
any bank or commercial lending institution in which is held any
office, directorship, partnership interest, or ownership
interest, it shall only be necessary to report either the name,
address, and occupation of every director and officer of the bank
or commercial lending institution and the average monthly balance
of each account held during the preceding twelve months by the
bank or commercial lending institution from the governmental
entity for which the individual is an official or candidate or
professional staff member, or all interest paid by a borrower on
loans from and all interest paid to a depositor by the bank or
commercial lending institution if the interest exceeds *six
hundred dollars; and
(h) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions
as prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the
state of Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds
*two thousand five hundred dollars in which any direct financial
interest was acquired during the preceding calendar year, and a
statement of the amount and nature of the financial interest and
of the consideration given in exchange for that interest; and
(i) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions
as prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the
state of Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds
*two thousand five hundred dollars in which any direct financial
interest was divested during the preceding calendar year, and a
statement of the amount and nature of the consideration received
in exchange for that interest, and the name and address of the
person furnishing the consideration; and
(j) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions
as prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the
state of Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds
*two thousand five hundred dollars in which a direct financial
interest was held: PROVIDED, That if a description of the
property has been included in a report previously filed, the
property may be listed, for purposes of this provision, by
reference to the previously filed report; and
(k) A list, including legal or other sufficient descriptions
as prescribed by the commission, of all real property in the
state of Washington, the assessed valuation of which exceeds
*five thousand dollars, in which a corporation, partnership,
firm, enterprise, or other entity had a direct financial
interest, in which corporation, partnership, firm, or enterprise
a ten percent or greater ownership interest was held; and
(l) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and
amount, at which food and beverage in excess of fifty dollars was
accepted under RCW 42.52.150(5); [and]
(m) A list of each occasion, specifying date, donor, and
amount, at which items specified in **RCW 42.52.010(9) (d) and
(f) were accepted; [and]
(n) Such other information as the commission may deem
necessary in order to properly carry out the purposes and
policies of this chapter, as the commission shall prescribe by
rule.
(2) Where an amount is required to be reported under
subsection (1)(a) through (m) of this section, it shall be
sufficient to comply with the requirement to report whether the
amount is less than *one thousand dollars, at least *one
thousand dollars but less than *five thousand dollars, at least
*five thousand dollars but less than *ten thousand dollars, at
least *ten thousand dollars but less than *twenty-five thousand
dollars, or *twenty-five thousand dollars or more. An amount of
stock may be reported by number of shares instead of by market
value. No provision of this subsection may be interpreted to
prevent any person from filing more information or more detailed
information than required.
(3) Items of value given to an official's or employee's
spouse or family member are attributable to the official or
employee, except the item is not attributable if an independent
business, family, or social relationship exists between the donor
and the spouse or family member.
[1995 c 397 § 9; 1984 c 34 § 3; 1979 ex.s. c 126 § 42.]
NOTES:
Reviser's note: *(1) The dollar amounts in this section
have been adjusted for inflation by rule of the commission
adopted under the authority of RCW 42.17.370. For current dollar
amounts, see chapter 390-24 of the Washington Administrative Code
(WAC).
**(2) RCW 42.52.010 was amended by 1996 c 213 § 1, changing
subsection (9) to subsection (10).
Purpose -- 1979 ex.s. c 126: See RCW 29A.20.040(1).