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Wash. Rev. Code § 43.88.010 (2026)

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It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an effective state budgeting, accounting, and reporting system for all activities of the state government, including both capital and operating expenditures; to prescribe the powers and duties of the governor as these relate to securing such fiscal controls as will promote effective budget administration; and to prescribe the responsibilities of agencies of the executive branch of the state government.
It is the intent of the legislature that the powers conferred by this chapter, as amended, shall be exercised by the executive in cooperation with the legislature and its standing, special, and interim committees in its status as a separate and coequal branch of state government.
[ 1986 c 215 s 1; 1981 c 270 s 1; 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 1; 1965 c 8 s 43.88.010. Prior: 1959 c 328 s 1.]

Notes:

Effective date—1981 c 270: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1981." [ 1981 c 270 s 18.]
Severability—1981 c 270: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 270 s 17.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1973–2016 · leading case: In re the Recall of Kelley, 369 P.3d 494 (Wash. 2016).
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In re the Recall of Kelley, 369 P.3d 494 (Wash. 2016). “” RCW 43.88.010 (formatting omitted). The duty to report irregularities to the attorney general under RCW 43.”
Greenwood v. State Bd. for Cmty. Coll. Educ., 513 P.2d 57 (Wash. 1973). “RCW 43.88.010 requires the state board to disburse funds in a manner which promotes effective budget administration, and in a manner consistent with amended local board budgets and state board guidelines.”
Greenwood v. State Bd. for Com. Col., 513 P.2d 57 (Wash. 1973). “RCW 43.88.010 requires the state board to disburse funds in a manner which promotes effective budget administration, and in a manner consistent with amended local board budgets and state board guidelines.”
Wfse v. Ofm, 849 P.2d 1201 (Wash. 1993). “See RCW 43.88.010 (one purpose of RCW 43.88 is to define "fiscal controls as will promote effective budget administration").”
In re Recall of Kelley (Wash. 2016). “" RCW 43.88.010. The duty to report irregularities to the attorney general under RCW 43.”
In re Recall of Kelley (Wash. 2016). “" RCW 43.88.010. The duty to report irregularities to the attorney general under RCW 43.”
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