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                                                     SENATE BILL 5653

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild, Winsley and Moore

Read first time 02/08/93.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.

Including municipal street railways in the definition of public work.

          AN ACT Relating to the definition of public work; and amending RCW 39.04.010.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 39.04.010 and 1989 c 363 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

          The term state shall include the state of Washington and all departments, supervisors, commissioners and agencies thereof.

          The term municipality shall include every city, county, town, district or other public agency thereof which is authorized by law to require the execution of public work, except drainage districts, diking districts, diking and drainage improvement districts, drainage improvement districts, diking improvement districts, consolidated diking and drainage improvement districts, consolidated drainage improvement districts, consolidated diking improvement districts, irrigation districts or any such other districts as shall from time to time be authorized by law for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands.

          The term public work shall include all work, construction, alteration, repair, or improvement other than ordinary maintenance, executed at the cost of the state or of any municipality, or which is by law a lien or charge on any property therein((, but nothing herein shall apply to the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any municipal street railway system)).  All public works, including maintenance when performed by contract shall comply with the provisions of RCW 39.12.020.

          The term contract shall mean a contract in writing for the execution of public work for a fixed or determinable amount duly awarded after advertisement and competitive bid.  However, a contract which is awarded from a small works roster under the authority of RCW 39.04.150, 35.22.620, 28B.10.355, 35.82.075, and 57.08.050 need not be advertised.

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