Drafter
Clerk 02/07/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to the employee giving program; amending Ordinance 8575, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.36.010, Ordinance 8575, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020, Ordinance 8575, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.030 and Ordinance 8575, Section 4, and K.C.C. 3.36.040, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 3.36, decodifying K.C.C. 3.36.050 and 3.36.060 and repealing Ordinance 9090, Sections 1-3, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.080.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 8575, Section 1, and K.C.C. 3.36.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Intent and purpose.
A. This chapter is intended to establish a means consistent with state law governing salary and wage deductions for charitable agencies, whereby uniform procedures ((will be)) are established for the efficient administration of one annual campaign for charitable contributions from county employees, which may be made through payroll deductions. This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish this purpose.
B. The purpose of this chapter is to:
1. Lessen the burden of county government and of local communities in the meeting of charitable needs;
2. Provide a convenient channel through which county employees may contribute to the efforts of qualifying agencies providing services in the ((community)) county, state, nation or overseas;
3. Minimize both the disruption to the county workplace and the costs to the taxpayer that multiple charitable fund drives have caused; and
4. Ensure that recipient agencies are fiscally responsible in the uses of the ((monies)) moneys raised.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 8575, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 3.36.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Definitions. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Campaign" means the annual solicitation of contributions from count...
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