RCW 43.376.520: Office of Indian affairs—Establishment of procedures and requirements—Receipt of gifts and grants.

The office of Indian affairs may establish procedures and requirements for operations and expenditures to support and enhance state government partnership and relationships with tribal nations. Such operations and expenditures are intended to strengthen state-tribal relations and provide resources for government-to-government engagement. The office of Indian affairs may accept or request grants or gifts from citizens and other private sources to be used to defray the costs of appropriate hosting of state-tribal relations gatherings, including appropriate gift giving and reciprocal gift receiving, or other activities of the office. The office shall open and maintain a bank account into which it shall deposit all money received under this section. Such money and the interest accruing thereon shall not constitute public funds, shall be kept segregated and apart from funds of the state, and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment by the state or subject to chapter 43.88 RCW.