16-05-008  

  • WSR 16-05-008
    PERMANENT RULES
    PUBLIC DISCLOSURE COMMISSION
    [Filed February 4, 2016, 11:32 a.m., effective March 6, 2016]
    Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
    Purpose: Better clarify the duties delegated to the executive director by the commission. Also authorizes the director to determine when a complaint may be disposed of through an alternative resolution rather than the adjudicative process.
    Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 390-12-200.
    Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.17A.110.
    Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-23-022 on November 7, 2015.
    Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The phrase "consistent with agency delegation of authority protocols as adopted by commission" inserted in WAC 390-12-200(7).
    Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
    Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
    Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
    Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
    Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
    Date Adopted: January 28, 2016.
    Lori Anderson
    Communications and
    Training Officer
    AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 85-15-020, filed 7/9/85)
    WAC 390-12-200 Public disclosure commission-Role of the executive director.
    ((The commission shall employ and fix the compensation of an executive director who shall perform the following duties under the general authority and supervision of the commission:
    (1) Act as records officer and administrative arm of the commission.
    (2) Coordinate the policies of the commission and the activities of all commission employees and other persons who perform ministerial functions for the commission.
    (3))) The executive director acts as the commission's chief administrative officer and is accountable to the commission for agency administration. In addition, the executive director will:
    (1) Act as the appointing authority for agency staff, including the authority to hire, set salaries, promote, assign work, evaluate, take corrective action and, where appropriate, terminate staff.
    (2) Exercise such other management oversight, decision-making and administrative action to provide timely and meaningful public access to accurate information about the financing of political campaigns, lobbyist expenditures, and the financial affairs of public officials and candidates, and to ensure compliance with and equitable enforcement of Washington's disclosure and campaign finance laws.
    (3) Determine when appropriate and authorize enforcement alternatives set out in chapter 390-37 WAC to resolve complaints filed with the commission.
    (4) Act as liaison between the commission and other public agencies.
    (5) Research, develop, and draft policy positions, administrative rules, interpretations and advisory options for presentation to the commission.
    (6) Enter into contracts and agreements on behalf of the commission.
    (7) The executive director may delegate authority to subordinates, consistent with agency delegation of authority protocols as adopted by the commission, to act for him or her as needed and appropriate.

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Effective Date:
3/6/2016