The legislature and legislative agencies through the administrative committee, shall:

1. (1) Continue to plan for and implement processes for making legislative information available electronically;
2. (2) Promote and facilitate electronic access to the public of legislative information and services;
3. (3) Establish technical standards for such services;
4. (4) Consider electronic public access needs when planning new information systems or major upgrades of information systems;
5. (5) Develop processes to determine which legislative information the public most wants and needs;
6. (6) Increase capabilities to receive information electronically from the public and transmit forms, applications and other communications and transactions electronically;
7. (7) Use technologies that allow continuous access twenty-four hours a day, seven days per week, involve little or no cost to access, and are capable of being used by persons without extensive technology ability; and
8. (8) Consider and incorporate wherever possible ease of access to electronic technologies by persons with disabilities.

[ 2020 c 114 s 16; 1996 c 171 s 4.]

Notes:

Effective date—2020 c 114: See note following RCW 28A.175.075.

Captions not law—Effective dates—1996 c 171: See notes following RCW 2.68.050.