WA People
BILL · 1999–00 SESSION

HB 1805: Municipal officers/contracts

Revising provisions regulating municipal officers' interest in contracts.

Summary

  • Finds that: (1) The current statutes pertaining to municipal officers' beneficial interest in contracts are quite confusing and have resulted in some inadvertent violations of the law; (2) the dollar thresholds for many of the exemptions have not been changed in over thirty-five years, and the restrictions apply to the total amount of the contract instead of the portion of the contract that pertains to the business…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 5, 1999
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Brian Hatfield (D-19)
Introduced
February 5, 1999 in the House
Last action
January 10, 2000
Companion bill
SB 5731

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Brian Hatfield (D-19)

3 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Pat Scott D-38John Pennington R-18Cathy Wolfe D-22

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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HB 1805 in other sessions

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