82.33.040 - Economic and revenue forecast work group -- Availability of information to group -- Provision of technical support to economic and revenue forecast council -- Meetings.

Economic and revenue forecast work group — Availability of information to group — Provision of technical support to economic and revenue forecast council — Meetings.

(1) To promote the free flow of information and to promote legislative input in the preparation of forecasts, immediate access to all information relating to economic and revenue forecasts shall be available to the economic and revenue forecast work group, hereby created. Revenue collection information shall be available to the economic and revenue forecast work group the first business day following the conclusion of each collection period. The economic and revenue forecast work group shall consist of one staff member selected by the executive head or chairperson of each of the following agencies or committees:

     (a) Department of revenue;

     (b) Office of financial management;

     (c) Legislative evaluation and accountability program committee;

     (d) Ways and means committee of the senate; and

     (e) Ways and means committee of the house of representatives.

     (2) The economic and revenue forecast work group shall provide technical support to the economic and revenue forecast council. Meetings of the economic and revenue forecast work group may be called by any member of the group for the purpose of assisting the economic and revenue forecast council, reviewing the state economic and revenue forecasts, or reviewing monthly revenue collection data or for any other purpose which may assist the economic and revenue forecast council.

[1986 c 158 § 23; 1984 c 138 § 5. Formerly RCW 82.01.135.]