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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of *RCW 42.17.260 through 42.17.340, the following information supplied to the department of community, trade, and economic development is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:

     (a) Financial and proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department of community, trade, and economic development pursuant to RCW 43.330.050(8) and43.330.080 (4); and

     (b) Financial or proprietary information collected from any person and provided to the department or the office of the governor in connection with the siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business and until a siting decision is made, identifying information of any person supplying information under this section and the locations being considered for siting, relocation, or expansion of a business.

     (2) Any work product developed by the department based on information as described in subsection (1)(a) of this section is not exempt from disclosure.

     (3) For the purposes of this section, "siting decision" means the decision to acquire or not to acquire a site.

     (4) If there is no written contact for a period of sixty days to the department from a person connected with siting, recruitment, expansion, retention, or relocation of that person's business, information described in subsection (1)(b) of this section will be available to the public under the provisions of *RCW 42.17.250 through 42.17.340.

     (5) Nothing in this section shall apply to records of any other state agency or of a local agency.

[2001 c 87 § 1; 1999 c 150 § 1; 1993 c 280 § 36; 1989 c 312 § 7.]

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