King County - File #: 2009-0346

• File #: 2009-0346
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/26/2009
• In control: Government Accountability and Oversight Committee
• Final action: 6/29/2009
• Enactment date: 7/10/2009
• Enactment #: 16580
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to whistleblower protection; amending Ordinance 11687, Section 3, and K.C.C. 3.42.010, Ordinance 11687, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.42.020, Ordinance 11687, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.030, Ordinance 11687, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.42.040, Ordinance 11687, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.42.050, Ordinance 11687, Section 7, and K.C.C. 3.42.060 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.42.
• Sponsors: Dow Constantine, Larry Phillips, Reagan Dunn, Pete von Reichbauer, Larry Gossett, Bob Ferguson, Julia Patterson, Kathy Lambert
• Indexes: Ombudsman
• Code sections: 3.42 - , 3.42.010 - , 3.42.020 - , 3.42.030 - , 3.42.040 - , 3.42.050 - , 3.42.060 -

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/29/2009	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Hearing Held
6/29/2009	2	Metropolitan King County Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
6/16/2009	1	Government Accountability and Oversight Committee	Amended
6/16/2009	2	Government Accountability and Oversight Committee	Recommended Do Pass Substitute	Pass
5/26/2009	1	Metropolitan King County Council	Introduced and Referred

Drafter
Clerk 06/30/2009
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to whistleblower protection; amending Ordinance 11687, Section 3, and K.C.C. 3.42.010, Ordinance 11687, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.42.020, Ordinance 11687, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.42.030, Ordinance 11687, Section 5, and K.C.C. 3.42.040, Ordinance 11687, Section 6, and K.C.C. 3.42.050, Ordinance 11687, Section 7, and K.C.C. 3.42.060 and adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.42.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 11687, Section 3, and K.C.C. 3.42.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Unless prohibited by ((S))state law, ((C))county employees are encouraged to report on improper governmental action to the appropriate county or other government official. To assist such reporting and to implement ((Sections 42.41.030 and 42.41.040 of the Revised Code of Washington ("RCW"))) chapter 42.41 RCW, this ((ordinance)) chapter provides county employees a process for reporting improper governmental action and protection from retaliatory action for reporting and cooperating in the investigation and/or prosecution of improper governmental action in good faith in accordance with this ((sub))chapter.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 11687, Section 2, and K.C.C. 3.42.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
((As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have these meanings:)) The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Appropriate ((I))investigating official" means((, each in connection with a report of improper governmental action within his, her, or its respective jurisdiction; the ombudsman; a person to whom sexual harassment was properly reported according to county policy; the agency designated by the executive to receive unfair employment complaints filed under K.C.C. 12.18; the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct; the department of public safety's internal inv...