Title 43 — Title 43 STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE
178 chapters · 3,474 sections in this title.
RCW 43.33A.100 Offices—Personnel—Officers—Compensation—Transfer of employees—Existing contracts and obligations.
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The state investment board shall maintain appropriate offices and employ such personnel as may be necessary to perform its duties. Employment by the investment board shall include but not be limited to an executive director, investment officers, and a confidential secretary, whic…
RCW 43.33A.110 Rules and regulations—Investment policies and procedures.
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The state investment board may make appropriate rules and regulations for the performance of its duties. The board shall establish investment policies and procedures designed exclusively to maximize return at a prudent level of risk. However, in the case of the department of labo…
RCW 43.33A.120 Examination of accounts, files, and other records.
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All accounts, files, and other records of the state investment board which pertain to each retirement system are subject at any time or from time to time to such reasonable periodic, special, or other examinations by the department of retirement systems as the director of the dep…
RCW 43.33A.130 Securities—State treasurer may cause same to be registered in the name of the nominee.
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The state treasurer may cause any securities in which the state investment board deals to be registered in the name of a nominee without mention of any fiduciary relationship, except that adequate records shall be maintained to identify the actual owner of the security so registe…
RCW 43.33A.135 Investment policy—Investment options.
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The state investment board has the full power to establish investment policy, develop participant investment options, and manage investment funds for the college savings program, if the committee on advanced tuition payment and college savings selects the state investment board a…
RCW 43.33A.140 Investments—Standard of investment and management.
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The state investment board shall invest and manage the assets entrusted to it with reasonable care, skill, prudence, and diligence under circumstances then prevailing which a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an ac…
RCW 43.33A.150 Reports of investment activities.
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(1) The state investment board shall prepare written reports at least quarterly summarizing the investment activities of the state investment board, which reports shall be sent to the governor, the senate ways and means committee, the house appropriations committee, the departmen…
RCW 43.33A.160 Funding of board—State investment board expense account.
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(1) The state investment board shall be funded from the earnings of the funds managed by the state investment board, proportional to the value of the assets of each fund, subject to legislative appropriation.(2) There is established in the state treasury a state investment board …
RCW 43.33A.170 Commingled trust funds—Participation of funds in investments of board.
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The state investment board is authorized to establish commingled trust funds in the state treasury for the implementation of specific investment programs for any combination of funds under its jurisdiction. At the discretion of the state investment board, the funds under the juri…
RCW 43.33A.180 Investment accounting—Transfer of functions and duties from state treasurer's office.
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The state investment board shall account for and report on the investments authorized by this chapter in the manner prescribed by the office of financial management under chapter 43.88 RCW.After approval of the director of financial management, all positions, reports, documents, …
RCW 43.33A.190 Self-directed investment—Board's duties (as amended by 2016 c 39).
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Pursuant to RCW 41.34.130 and 43.330.464, the state investment board shall invest all self-directed investment moneys under teachers' retirement system plan 3, the school employees' retirement system plan 3, ((and)) the public employees' retirement system plan 3, and the Washingt…
RCW 43.33A.200 Creation of entities for investment purposes—Liability—Tax status.
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(1) The board is authorized to create corporations under Title 23B RCW, limited liability companies under chapter 25.15 RCW, and limited partnerships under chapter 25.10 RCW, of which it may or may not be the general partner, for the purposes of transferring, acquiring, holding, …
RCW 43.33A.210 Assets not publicly traded—Treatment of rent and income—Management accounts—Application of this chapter and chapter 39.58 RCW.
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Rent and other income from real estate or other investment assets that are not publicly traded on a daily basis or on an organized exchange that are acquired and being held for investment by the board or by an entity created under RCW 43.33A.200 by the board, and being managed by…
RCW 43.34.010 Composition of committee.
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The governor or the governor's designee, the lieutenant governor, the secretary of state, and the commissioner of public lands, ex officio, shall constitute the state capitol committee.[ 1997 c 279 s 1; 1979 ex.s. c 57 s 10; 1965 c 8 s 43.34.010. Prior: 1961 c 300 s 5; 1921 c 7 s…
RCW 43.34.015 Secretary of committee—Committee records.
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The commissioner of public lands shall be the secretary of the state capitol committee, but the committee may appoint a suitable person as acting secretary thereof, and fix his or her compensation. However, all records of the committee shall be filed in the office of the commissi…
RCW 43.34.040 Buildings—Erection—Improvements.
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The state capitol committee may erect one or more permanent buildings; one or more temporary buildings; excavate or partially excavate for any such building or buildings; partially erect any such building or buildings; make other temporary or permanent improvements wholly or in p…
RCW 43.34.080 Capitol campus design advisory committee—Generally.
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(1) The capitol campus design advisory committee is established as an advisory group to the capitol committee and the director of enterprise services to review programs, planning, design, and landscaping of state capitol facilities and grounds and to make recommendations that wil…
RCW 43.34.090 Building names.
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(1) The legislature shall approve names for new or existing buildings on the state capitol grounds based upon recommendations from the state capitol committee and the director of the department of enterprise services, with the advice of the capitol campus design advisory committe…
RCW 43.34.100 Memorial to commemorate global war on terror.
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Any memorial established on capitol campus to commemorate the global war on terror must recognize service members who died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation New Dawn, which are classified under the umbrella term global war on terror. Any such m…
RCW 43.34.105 Washington state global war on terror memorial account.
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(1) The Washington state global war on terror memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The purpose of the account is to support the establishment and maintenance of the memorial. The secretary of state may solicit and accept moneys from gifts, grants, or…
RCW 43.34.110 Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature.
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(1) Any cultural landscape feature established on the capitol campus to commemorate the geological and cultural diversity of eastern Washington must recognize the flora and fauna, rich agriculture and forestry, and history of eastern Washington. Any such cultural landscape featur…
RCW 43.34.115 Eastern Washington cultural landscape feature account.
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(1) The Washington state eastern Washington cultural landscape feature account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The purpose of the account is to support the establishment and maintenance of the cultural landscape feature. The department of enterprise services may…
RCW 43.34.120 Fallen firefighter memorial.
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(1) A memorial is established on the capitol campus to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty. The design and construction of such a memorial must follow the major works requirements administered by the department of enterprise services.(2) The state capitol committ…
RCW 43.34.125 Fallen firefighter memorial account.
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(1)(a) The fallen firefighter memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts directed to the account from federal funds, gifts, or grants from private or public sectors, foundations, or other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditure…
RCW 43.41.030 Purpose.
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The legislature finds that the need for long-range state program planning and for the short-range planning carried on through the budget process, complement each other. The biennial budget submitted to the legislature must be considered in the light of the longer-range plans and …
RCW 43.41.040 Definitions.
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As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise:(1) "Office" means the office of financial management.(2) "Director" means the director of financial management.(3) "Agency" means and includes every state agency, office, officer, board, commission, department, stat…
RCW 43.41.050 Office of financial management created—Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.
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There is created in the office of the governor, the office of financial management which shall be composed of the present central budget agency and the state planning, program management, and population and research divisions of the present *planning and community affairs agency.…
RCW 43.41.060 Director—Appointment—Salary—Vacancy—Delegation of powers and duties.
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The executive head of the office of financial management shall be the director, who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. He or she shall be paid a salary to be fixed by the governor in accordance w…
RCW 43.41.070 Personnel.
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The director shall have the power to employ such personnel as may be necessary for the general administration of the office: PROVIDED, That, except as elsewhere specified in this chapter, such employment is in accordance with the rules of the state civil service law, chapter 41.0…
RCW 43.41.080 Deputy and assistant directors.
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The director may appoint such deputy directors and assistant directors as shall be needed to administer the office of financial management. The officers appointed under this section and exempt from the provisions of the state civil service law by the terms of RCW 41.06.075, shall…
RCW 43.41.100 Director's powers and duties.
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The director of financial management shall:(1) Supervise and administer the activities of the office of financial management.(2) Exercise all the powers and perform all the duties prescribed by law with respect to the administration of the state budget and accounting system.(3) A…
RCW 43.41.102 Director—Contract for collection and tabulation of census block statistics.
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Subject to a specific appropriation for that purpose, the director of financial management is hereby authorized and directed to contract with the United States bureau of census for collection and tabulation of block statistics in any or all cities and towns.[ 1979 c 151 s 115; 19…
RCW 43.41.104 Settlement and payment of accounts—Duty to require.
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Upon receipt of information from the state auditor as provided in *RCW 43.09.050(5) as now or hereafter amended, the director of financial management shall require all persons who have received any moneys belonging to the state and have not accounted therefor, to settle their acc…
RCW 43.41.106 Settlement and payment of accounts—Authority to require testimony and evidence.
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The director of financial management may, in his or her discretion, require any person presenting an account for settlement to be sworn before him or her, and to answer, orally or in writing, as to any facts relating to it.[ 2009 c 549 s 5120; 1979 c 151 s 117; 1977 ex.s. c 144 s…
RCW 43.41.109 "Undue hardship"—Defined by rule.
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The director of the office of financial management shall by rule establish a definition of "undue hardship" for the purposes of RCW 1.16.050.[ 2014 c 168 s 2.]
RCW 43.41.110 Powers and duties of office of financial management.
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The office of financial management shall:(1) Provide technical assistance to the governor and the legislature in identifying needs and in planning to meet those needs through state programs and a plan for expenditures.(2) Perform the comprehensive planning functions and processes…
RCW 43.41.113 Personnel policy and application of civil service laws.
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(1) The office of financial management shall direct and supervise the personnel policy and application of the civil service laws, chapter 41.06 RCW.(2) The director or the director's designee has the authority and shall perform the functions as prescribed in chapter 41.06 RCW, or…
RCW 43.41.120 Advisory or coordinating councils.
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The director or the governor may establish such additional advisory or coordinating councils as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Members of such councils shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. They shall receive no compensation for their services,…
RCW 43.41.160 State health care cost containment policies.
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(1) It is the purpose of this section to ensure implementation and coordination of chapter 70.14 RCW as well as other legislative and executive policies designed to contain the cost of health care that is purchased or provided by the state. In order to achieve that purpose, the d…
RCW 43.41.170 Budgeting process—Agencies implementing energy conservation to retain cost savings.
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The office of financial management shall ensure that to the extent possible the budget process shall allow state agencies implementing energy conservation to retain the resulting cost savings for other purposes, including further energy conservation.[ 1989 c 11 s 15; 1986 c 325 s…
RCW 43.41.180 Electronic funds and information transfer—State agency use.
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(1) The office of financial management is authorized to approve the use of electronic and other technological means to transfer both funds and information whenever economically feasible, to eliminate paper documentation wherever possible, and to provide greater fiscal responsibil…
RCW 43.41.260 Monitoring enrollee level in basic health plan and medicaid caseload of children—Funding levels adjustment.
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The health care authority and the office of financial management shall together monitor the enrollee level in the basic health plan and the medicaid caseload of children. The office of financial management shall adjust the funding levels by interagency reimbursement of funds betw…
RCW 43.41.270 Natural resource-related and environmentally based grant and loan programs—Administration and monitoring assistance.
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(1) The office of financial management shall assist natural resource-related agencies in developing outcome-focused performance measures for administering natural resource-related and environmentally based grant and loan programs. These performance measures are to be used in dete…
RCW 43.41.275 State agency employment—Disability employment—Reporting requirements.
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(1) By January 31st of each year, state agencies employing one hundred or more people must submit the report described in subsection (2) of this section to the human resources director, with copies to the director of the department of social and health services' division of vocat…
RCW 43.41.391 K-20 network—Duty to govern and oversee technical design, implementation, and operation.
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(1) The office has the duty to govern and oversee the technical design, implementation, and operation of the K-20 network including, but not limited to, the following duties: Establishment and implementation of K-20 network technical policy, including technical standards and cond…
RCW 43.41.392 K-20 operations cooperative—Maintained by office.
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The office shall maintain, in consultation with the K-20 network users, the K-20 operations cooperative, which shall be responsible for day-to-day network management, technical network status monitoring, technical problem response coordination, and other duties as agreed to by th…
RCW 43.41.393 Technical plan of the K-20 telecommunications system and ongoing system enhancements—Contents.
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The office, in conjunction with the K-20 network users, shall maintain a technical plan of the K-20 telecommunications system and ongoing system enhancements. The office shall ensure that the technical plan adheres to the goals and objectives established under RCW 43.105.054. The…
RCW 43.41.394 Oversight of technical aspects of K-20 network.
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(1) In overseeing the technical aspects of the K-20 network, the office is not intended to duplicate the statutory responsibilities of the student achievement council, the superintendent of public instruction, the state librarian, or the governing boards of the institutions of hi…
RCW 43.41.399 Education technology revolving fund.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 5998-S.SL) ***(1) The education technology revolving fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from billings under subsection (2) of this section must be deposited in the revolving fund. Only the director or the director's des…
RCW 43.41.400 Education data center.
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(1) An education data center shall be established in the office of financial management. The education data center shall jointly, with the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, conduct collaborative analyses of early learning, K-12, and higher education pro…