Advisory Opinion 25-01
Date
05/15/2025
Number
2025- No. 1
Topic
Use of State Resources to Produce Various Items Identifying Members to be Distributed to the Public
Issue/Question
The Advisory Opinion request asked whether it was a violation of the Ethics Act to use public resources to produce items identifying members that are not traditionally produced for their use.
Summary
The Board indicated that such a use of public resources could present an ethics violation. The production of items traditionally produced for members creates a presumption that such items fall within the “normal and regular” exception to the prohibition against the use of state resources for campaign purposes under RCW 42.52.180.