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                          HOUSE BILL 2814

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Anderson, Veloria, Caver, Wolfe, Romero and Dunshee; by request of Department of General Administration

Read first time 01/24/94.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Allowing public benefit nonprofit corporations to participate in state contracts for purchases.

    AN ACT Relating to nonprofit corporations purchasing through state contracts; and adding a new section to chapter 39.34 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 39.34 RCW to read as follows:

    The office of state procurement within the department of general administration may enter into an agreement with a public benefit nonprofit corporation to allow the public benefit nonprofit corporation to participate in state contracts for purchases administered by the office of state procurement.  Such agreement must comply with the requirements of RCW 39.34.030 through 39.34.050.  For the purposes of this section "public benefit nonprofit corporation" means a public benefit nonprofit corporation as defined in RCW 24.03.005 that is receiving local, state, or federal funds either directly or through a public agency other than an Indian tribe or a political subdivision of another state.

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