WASHINGTON STATUTES AND CODES

43.88.505 - State boards, commissions, councils, and committees -- Compilation of list, information.

State boards, commissions, councils, and committees — Compilation of list, information.

(1) The director of financial management shall compile, and revise within ninety days after the beginning of each biennium, a current list of all permanent and temporary, statutory and nonstatutory boards, commissions, councils, committees, and other groups of similar nomenclature that are established by the executive, legislative, or judicial branches of state government and whose members are eligible to receive travel expenses for their meetings in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.

     (2) Such list shall include but not be limited to any such group which:

     (a) Functions primarily in an advisory, planning, or coordinating capacity;

     (b) Performs advertising, research, promotional, or marketing services for a specific business, industry, or occupation; or

     (c) Performs licensing, regulatory, or quasi-judicial functions, adopts rules, or has responsibility for the administration or policy direction of a state agency or program.

     (3) Such list shall contain the following information for each board, commission, council, committee, or other group of similar nomenclature:

     (a) The legal authorization for the creation of the group;

     (b) The number of members on the group, the appointing authority, and the agency to which the group reports;

     (c) The number of meetings held during the preceding biennium;

     (d) A brief summary of the primary responsibilities of the group;

     (e) The total estimated cost of operating the group during the preceding biennium and the estimated cost of the group during the ensuing biennium. Such cost data shall include the estimated administrative expenses of the group as well as the estimated cost to an agency of providing full time equivalent or part time supporting staff to the group; and

     (f) The source of funding for the group.