# RCW 42.52.080: RCW 42.52.080: Employment after public service > Washington · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S080 ## Section - **Citation:** RCW 42.52.080 - **Heading:** RCW 42.52.080: Employment after public service - **Jurisdiction:** Washington - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Washington Code / Title 42 / Chapter 52 / Section 080 ## Text (1) No former state officer or state employee may, within a period of one year from the date of termination of state employment, accept employment or receive compensation from an employer if: (a) The officer or employee, during the two years immediately preceding termination of state employment, was engaged in the negotiation or administration on behalf of the state or agency of one or more contracts with that employer and was in a position to make discretionary decisions affecting the outcome of such negotiation or the nature of such administration; (b) Such a contract or contracts have a total value of more than ten thousand dollars; and (c) The duties of the employment with the employer or the activities for which the compensation would be received include fulfilling or implementing, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts or include the supervision or control of actions taken to fulfill or implement, in whole or in part, the provisions of such a contract or contracts. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a state officer or state employee from accepting employment with a state employee organization. (2) No person who has served as a state officer or state employee may, within a period of two years following the termination of state employment, have a beneficial interest in a contract or grant that was expressly authorized or funded by specific legislative or executive action in which the former state officer or state employee participated. (3) No former state officer or state employee may accept an offer of employment or receive compensation from an employer if the officer or employee knows or has reason to believe that the offer of employment or compensation was intended, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to influence the officer or employee or as compensation or reward for the performance or nonperformance of a duty by the officer or employee during the course of state employment. (4) No former state officer or state employee may accept an offer of employment or receive compensation from an employer if the circumstances would lead a reasonable person to believe the offer has been made, or compensation given, for the purpose of influencing the performance or nonperformance of duties by the officer or employee during the course of state employment. (5) No former state officer or state employee may at any time subsequent to his or her state employment assist another person, whether or not for compensation, in any transaction involving the state in which the former state officer or state employee at any time participated during state employment. This subsection shall not be construed to prohibit any employee or officer of a state employee organization from rendering assistance to state officers or state employees in the course of employee organization business. (6) As used in this section, "employer" means a person as defined in RCW 42.52.010 or any other entity or business that the person owns or in which the person has a controlling interest. For purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the term "employer" does not include a successor organization to the rural development council under chapter 43.31 RCW. ## Nearby sections - [RCW 42.52.010 RCW 42.52.010: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S010.md) - [RCW 42.52.020 RCW 42.52.020: Activities incompatible with public duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S020.md) - [RCW 42.52.030 RCW 42.52.030: Beneficial interests in transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S030.md) - [RCW 42.52.040 RCW 42.52.040: Assisting in transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S040.md) - [RCW 42.52.050 RCW 42.52.050: Confidential information—Improperly concealed records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S050.md) - [RCW 42.52.060 RCW 42.52.060: Testimony of state officers and state employees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S060.md) - [RCW 42.52.070 RCW 42.52.070: Special privileges and exemptions—Application of section to legislature.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S070.md) - [RCW 42.52.080 RCW 42.52.080: Employment after public service.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S080.md) - [RCW 42.52.090 RCW 42.52.090: Limited assistance by former state officers and employees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S090.md) - [RCW 42.52.100 RCW 42.52.100: Conditions on appearance before state agencies or doing business with the state—Hearing—Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S100.md) - [RCW 42.52.110 RCW 42.52.110: Compensation for official duties or nonperformance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S110.md) - [RCW 42.52.120 RCW 42.52.120: Compensation for outside activities.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S120.md) - [RCW 42.52.130 RCW 42.52.130: Honoraria.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S130.md) - [RCW 42.52.150 RCW 42.52.150: Limitations on gifts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S150.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T42_C52_S080. 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