AN ACT Relating to a state library network; amending RCW 39.04.010, 39.29.006, 41.06.020, 41.40.010, and 43.78.030; adding new sections to chapter 27.26 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 41.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.10 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.105 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.131 RCW; creating new sections; repealing RCW 27.26.010, 27.26.020, 43.105.100, 43.105.110, 43.105.120, 43.105.130, 43.131.289, and 43.131.290; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. It is the intent of the legislature to change the governance of the Washington library network to effect changes that will result in increased efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the organization to better serve the library community and the citizens of the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

The legislature finds that automated bibliographic and related library services have proven to be a benefit to the citizens of the state; that these services have been provided through a network of public and private information providers both inside and outside the state; and that the operation now requires a new governing structure that allows maximum flexibility within the structure of state government.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The governor shall form a public nonprofit corporation in the same manner as a private nonprofit corporation is formed under chapter 24.03 RCW, to be known as the western library network, for the purpose of improving library and information service delivery capabilities and facilitating resource sharing among information service providers, through delivery of high quality computer-based products and services, a resource sharing network, and the application of new technology to information service delivery. The public corporation shall be an instrumentality of the state and have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as are permitted or prescribed to private nonprofit corporations, except as expressly provided in this chapter, but shall exercise these powers only for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and those purposes necessarily implied therefrom.

The governor shall appoint a board consisting of eleven members, no fewer than six of whom shall be selected for their expertise in the library and/or information services field. Five members shall be selected from the network service area outside the state of Washington and six members shall be selected from within the state.

Directors shall serve six-year terms, except that of the initial directors one shall serve for one year; two shall serve for two years; two shall serve for three years; two shall serve for four years; and two shall serve for five years. Vacancies shall be filled by the governor. Directors may be reappointed only after an absence of two years except that a director appointed to fill a vacancy of less than three years or an original term of less than three years is eligible to be appointed for a six-year term immediately following the expiration of the original term. The governor may remove a director for cause.

The board shall elect its own chair for a term of one year. The chair shall not serve consecutive terms.

Directors shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses directly attributable to the exercise of their responsibilities and duties relative to the network.

The board shall adopt rules under chapter 34.04 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The board of directors shall employ an executive officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. This officer shall be responsible for administering board policy and for the general management and supervision of the network. The executive officer shall employ sufficient staff to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

The board of directors may establish advisory councils to assist the planning and decision-making functions of the board and the executive officer.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The network may incur reasonable expenses directly related to the promotion of network products and services, including but not limited to travel expenses, hosting potential or current users, promotional publications, and exhibits.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. The network may enter into contracts with public or private vendors for a portion or portions of the operation or promotion of the network when cost-effective or otherwise in the best interest of the users and may provide for the issuance of licenses for network software.

The network may issue bonds and borrow money. The bonds shall not be an obligation of the state of Washington.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The western library network enterprise fund is established in the custody of the state treasurer. The network shall deposit into the fund all moneys received from the rental, sale, or distribution of supplies, equipment, computer software, products, and services rendered to users and to licensees of network software; all bond proceeds, gifts, grants, and donations; and any other moneys received under this chapter. Disbursements from the fund shall be on authorization of the executive officer or the executive officer's designee, but no appropriation is required for disbursements.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. The board shall develop a schedule of fees and charges for the network's services, products, and licenses for the purpose of distributing and apportioning to such users and licensees the costs related to the operation and continued development of services and products of the network. The fees and other income of the board shall generate sufficient revenue to cover the costs related to the network, including, but not limited to:

(1) Retirement of bonds;

(2) The payment of salaries, wages, and other costs including but not limited to the acquisition, operation, and administration of computer software products and services; and

(3) The acquisition of data processing and data communication services, supplies, and equipment handled or rented by the network.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. For purchases over four thousand five hundred dollars, the network shall secure three bids, one of which shall be from or through the appropriate state agency, before proceeding with the purchase. The network shall select the bid which offers the best combination of cost-effectiveness, time-effectiveness, and quality.

The dollar amount specified in this section shall be adjusted by the board on January 1 of each year, beginning in 1987, to reflect any change in the prior twelve months in the consumer price index‑-Seattle, Washington area for urban wage earners and clerical workers, all items, as compiled by the federal bureau of labor statistics.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. All computer hardware and software, software ownership rights and licenses, reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the Washington library network shall become the property of the western library network. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the Washington library network shall become the property of the western library network. All funds, credits, or other assets or liabilities held by the Washington library network shall become the property of the western library network.

Any appropriations made to the Washington library network shall, on the effective date of this act, be transferred and credited to the western library network.

Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. All pending business before the Washington library network shall be continued and acted upon by the western library network. All existing contracts and obligations of the Washington library network shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the western library network.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by sections 9 and 10 of this act, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.

Sec. 12. Section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 as last amended by section 1, chapter 98, Laws of 1982 and RCW 39.04.010 are each amended to read as follows:

The term state shall include the state of Washington and all departments, supervisors, commissioners and agencies thereof, except the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW.

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 need not be advertised.

Cost of superintendence, engineering, clerical and accounting service shall include all expenditures specially incurred for such service, and shall include a proportionate charge for the time of all salaried officers, engineers, clerks, accountants and employees of the state or municipality while engaged in such work or in keeping or preparing the estimates, accounts and records thereof.

Sec. 13. Section 2, chapter 61, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. as amended by section 1, chapter 263, Laws of 1981 and RCW 39.29.006 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Personal service contract" means an agreement, or any amendment or renewal thereto, with an independent contractor for the rendering of personal services to the state.

(2) "Personal service" means performing a specific study, project, or task which requires professional or technical expertise but does not mean personal service performed for the purpose of routine continuing and necessary services, including but not limited to routine maintenance, operation of the physical plant, security, data entry, key punch services, and graphic design.

(3) "Agency" means any state officer or activity of the executive and judicial branches of state government, including state agencies, departments, offices, divisions, boards, commissions, and educational, correctional, and other types of institutions but does not include the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. A new section is added to chapter 41.04 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter does not apply to the officers and employees of the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW.

Sec. 15. Section 1, chapter 12, Laws of 1970 ex. sess. as last amended by section 4, chapter 75, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 41.06.020 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the words used in this chapter have the meaning given in this section.

(1) "Agency" means an office, department, board, commission, or other separate unit or division, however designated, of the state government and all personnel thereof; it includes any unit of state government established by law, the executive officer or members of which are either elected or appointed, upon which the statutes confer powers and impose duties in connection with operations of either a governmental or proprietary nature; but it does not include the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW.

(2) "Board" means the state personnel board established under the provisions of RCW 41.06.110, except that this definition does not apply to the words "board" or "boards" when used in RCW 41.06.070.

(3) "Classified service" means all positions in the state service subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(4) "Competitive service" means all positions in the classified service for which a competitive examination is required as a condition precedent to appointment.

(5) "Comparable worth" means the provision of similar salaries for positions that require or impose similar responsibilities, judgments, knowledge, skills, and working conditions.

(6) "Management employees" means those employees:

(a) Who are classified under this chapter and who are exempt employees under this chapter and have their salary and fringe benefits determined under RCW 41.06.070; and

(b) Who are specified as management by the state personnel board; but the board shall not go below range 49, as established in the October 1981 state personnel board compensation plan, or its equivalent range in a subsequent compensation plan publication.

(7) "Noncompetitive service" means all positions in the classified service for which a competitive examination is not required.

(8) "Department" means an agency of government that has as its governing officer a person, or combination of persons such as a commission, board, or council, by law empowered to operate the agency responsible either to (a) no other public officer or (b) the governor.

(9) "Career development" means the progressive development of employee capabilities to facilitate productivity, job satisfaction, and upward mobility through work assignments as well as education and training that are both state-sponsored and are achieved by individual employee efforts, all of which shall be consistent with the needs and obligations of the state and its agencies.

(10) "Training" means activities designed to develop job-related knowledge and skills of employees.

(11) "Director" means the director of personnel appointed under the provisions of RCW 41.06.130.

Sec. 16. Section 1, chapter 274, Laws of 1947 as last amended by section 1, chapter 69, Laws of 1983 and RCW 41.40.010 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

(1) "Retirement system" means the public employees' retirement system provided for in this chapter.

(2) "Retirement board" means the board provided for in this chapter and chapter 41.26 RCW.

(3) "State treasurer" means the treasurer of the state of Washington.

(4) (a) "Employer" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or before September 30, 1977, means every branch, department, agency, commission, board, and office of the state, any political subdivision or association of political subdivisions of the state admitted into the retirement system, and legal entities authorized by RCW 35.63.070 and 36.70.060 or chapters 27.26 and 39.34 RCW as now or hereafter amended; and the term shall also include any labor guild, association, or organization the membership of a local lodge or division of which is comprised of at least forty percent employees of an employer (other than such labor guild, association, or organization) within this chapter. The term may also include any city of the first class that has its own retirement system.

(b) "Employer" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means every branch, department, agency, commission, board, and office of the state, and any political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state admitted into the retirement system, including public agencies created pursuant to chapter 27.26 RCW and RCW 35.63.070, 36.70.060, and 39.34.030.

(5) "Member" means any employee included in the membership of the retirement system, as provided for in RCW 41.40.120.

(6) "Original member" of this retirement system means:

(a) Any person who became a member of the system prior to April 1, 1949;

(b) Any person who becomes a member through the admission of an employer into the retirement system on and after April 1, 1949, and prior to April 1, 1951;

(c) Any person who first becomes a member by securing employment with an employer prior to April 1, 1951, provided the member has rendered at least one or more years of service to any employer prior to October 1, 1947;

(d) Any person who first becomes a member through the admission of an employer into the retirement system on or after April 1, 1951, provided, such person has been in the regular employ of the employer for at least six months of the twelve-month period preceding the said admission date;

(e) Any member who has restored all contributions that may have been withdrawn as provided by RCW 41.40.150 and who on the effective date of the individual's retirement becomes entitled to be credited with ten years or more of membership service except that the provisions relating to the minimum amount of retirement allowance for the member upon retirement at age seventy as found in RCW 41.40.190(4) shall not apply to the member;

(f) Any member who has been a contributor under the system for two or more years and who has restored all contributions that may have been withdrawn as provided by RCW 41.40.150 and who on the effective date of the individual's retirement has rendered five or more years of service for the state or any political subdivision prior to the time of the admission of the employer into the system; except that the provisions relating to the minimum amount of retirement allowance for the member upon retirement at age seventy as found in RCW 41.40.190(4) shall not apply to the member.

(7) "New member" means a person who becomes a member on or after April 1, 1949, except as otherwise provided in this section.

(8) (a) "Compensation earnable" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or before September 30, 1977, means salaries or wages earned during a payroll period for personal services and where the compensation is not all paid in money, maintenance compensation shall be included upon the basis of the schedules established by the member's employer: PROVIDED, That retroactive payments to an individual by an employer on reinstatement of the employee in a position, or payments by an employer to an individual in lieu of reinstatement in a position which are awarded or granted as the equivalent of the salary or wage which the individual would have earned during a payroll period shall be considered compensation earnable and the individual shall receive the equivalent service credit: PROVIDED FURTHER, That if a leave of absence is taken by an individual for the purpose of serving in the state legislature, the salary which would have been received for the position from which the leave of absence was taken, shall be considered as compensation earnable if the employee's contribution is paid by the employee and the employer's contribution is paid by the employer or employee.

(b) "Compensation earnable" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means salaries or wages earned by a member during a payroll period for personal services, including overtime payments, as reported by the employer on the wage and tax statement submitted to the federal internal revenue service, and shall include wages and salaries deferred under provisions established pursuant to sections 403(b) and 457 of the United States Internal Revenue Code, but shall exclude nonmoney maintenance compensation and lump sum payments for deferred annual sick leave, unused accumulated vacation, unused accumulated annual leave, or any form of severance pay: PROVIDED, That retroactive payments to an individual by an employer on reinstatement of the employee in a position, or payments by an employer to an individual in lieu of reinstatement in a position which are awarded or granted as the equivalent of the salary or wage which the individual would have earned during a payroll period shall be considered compensation earnable to the extent provided above, and the individual shall receive the equivalent service credit: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in any year in which a member serves in the legislature, the member shall have the option of having such member's compensation earnable be the greater of:

(i) the compensation earnable the member would have received had such member not served in the legislature; or

(ii) such member's actual compensation earnable received for nonlegislative public employment and legislative service combined. Any additional contributions to the retirement system required because compensation earnable under subparagraph (i) of this subsection is greater than compensation earnable under subparagraph (ii) of this subsection shall be paid by the member for both member and employer contributions.

(9) (a) "Service" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or before September 30, 1977, means periods of employment rendered to any employer for which compensation is paid, and includes time spent in office as an elected or appointed official of an employer. Full time work for seventy hours or more in any given calendar month shall constitute one month of service. Only months of service shall be counted in the computation of any retirement allowance or other benefit provided for in this chapter. Years of service shall be determined by dividing the total number of months of service by twelve. Any fraction of a year of service as so determined shall be taken into account in the computation of such retirement allowance or benefits.

Members employed by the state school for the blind, or the state school for the deaf shall receive twelve months of service for each contract year or school year of employment commencing on or after June 15, 1979.

Each member who is employed by an institution of higher education or a community college shall receive twelve months of service for each academic year of employment commencing on or after June 15, 1979, in which the member makes member contributions under this chapter for each month of such academic year, and the member is employed in a position which is restricted as to duration by the employer to the academic year.

Service by a state employee officially assigned by the state on a temporary basis to assist another public agency, shall be considered as service as a state employee: PROVIDED, That service to any other public agency shall not be considered service as a state employee if such service has been used to establish benefits in any other public retirement system: PROVIDED FURTHER, That an individual shall receive no more than a total of twelve months of service credit during any calendar year: PROVIDED FURTHER, That where an individual is employed by two or more employers the individual shall only receive one months service credit during any calendar month in which multiple service for seventy or more hours is rendered.

During the regular contract year or school year of employment, members employed by school districts shall receive service credit in any month in which the school is closed for a vacation period of five calendar days or more. The member shall have been employed or on paid leave of absence for at least three and one-half hours each day the school was open or shall have received compensation for service averaging at least three and one-half hours for each such day.

(b) "Service" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means periods of employment by a member for one or more employers for which compensation earnable is earned for ninety or more hours per calendar month.

During the regular contract year or school year of employment, members employed by school districts shall receive service credit in any month in which the school is closed for a vacation period of five calendar days or more. The member shall have been employed or on paid leave of absence for at least four and one-half hours each day the school was open or shall have received compensation for service averaging at least four and one-half hours for each such day.

Years of service shall be determined by dividing the total number of months of service by twelve. Any fraction of a year of service as so determined shall be taken into account in the computation of such retirement allowance or benefits.

Members employed by school districts, the state school for the blind, the state school for the deaf, institutions of higher education, or community colleges shall receive twelve months of service for each contract year or school year of employment.

Service in any state elective position shall be deemed to be full time service, except that persons serving in state elective positions who are members of the teachers' retirement system or law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system at the time of election or appointment to such position may elect to continue membership in the teachers' retirement system or law enforcement officers' and fire fighters' retirement system.

A member shall receive a total of not more than twelve months of service for such calendar year: PROVIDED, That when an individual is employed by two or more employers the individual shall only receive one month's service credit during any calendar month in which multiple service for ninety or more hours is rendered.

(10) "Prior service" means all service of an original member rendered to any employer prior to October 1, 1947.

(11) "Membership service" means:

(a) All service rendered, as a member, after October 1, 1947;

(b) All service after October 1, 1947, to any employer prior to the time of its admission into the retirement system: PROVIDED, That an amount equal to the employer and employee contributions which would have been paid to the retirement system on account of such service shall have been paid to the retirement system with interest (as computed by the department) on the employee's portion prior to retirement of such person, by the employee or his employer, except as qualified by RCW 41.40.120: PROVIDED FURTHER, That employer contributions plus employee contributions with interest submitted by the employee under this subsection shall be placed in the employee's individual account in the employees' savings fund and be treated as any other contribution made by the employee, with the exception that the contributions submitted by the employee in payment of the employer's obligation, together with the interest the director may apply to the employer's contribution, shall be excluded from the calculation of the member's annuity in the event the member selects a benefit with an annuity option;

(c) Service not to exceed six consecutive months of probationary service rendered after April 1, 1949, and prior to becoming a member, in the case of any member, upon payment in full by such member of the total amount of the employer's contribution to the retirement fund which would have been required under the law in effect when such probationary service was rendered if the member had been a member during such period, except that the amount of the employer's contribution shall be calculated by the director based on the first month's compensation earnable as a member;

(d) Service not to exceed six consecutive months of probationary service, rendered after October 1, 1947, and before April 1, 1949, and prior to becoming a member, in the case of any member, upon payment in full by such member of five percent of such member's salary during said period of probationary service, except that the amount of the employer's contribution shall be calculated by the director based on the first month's compensation earnable as a member.

(12) (a) "Beneficiary" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or before September 30, 1977, means any person in receipt of a retirement allowance, pension or other benefit provided by this chapter.

(b) "Beneficiary" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means any person in receipt of a retirement allowance or other benefit provided by this chapter resulting from service rendered to an employer by another person.

(13) "Regular interest" means such rate as the director may determine.

(14) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of all contributions standing to the credit of a member in the member's individual account together with the regular interest thereon.

(15) (a) "Average final compensation" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or before September 30, 1977, means the annual average of the greatest compensation earnable by a member during any consecutive two year period of service for which service credit is allowed; or if the member has less than two years of service then the annual average compensation earnable during the total years of service for which service credit is allowed.

(b) "Average final compensation" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means the member's average compensation earnable of the highest consecutive sixty months of service prior to such member's retirement, termination, or death. Periods constituting authorized leaves of absence may not be used in the calculation of average final compensation.

(16) "Final compensation" means the annual rate of compensation earnable by a member at the time of termination of employment.

(17) "Annuity" means payments for life derived from accumulated contributions of a member. All annuities shall be paid in monthly installments.

(18) "Pension" means payments for life derived from contributions made by the employer. All pensions shall be paid in monthly installments.

(19) "Retirement allowance" means the sum of the annuity and the pension.

(20) "Employee" means any person who may become eligible for membership under this chapter, as set forth in RCW 41.40.120.

(21) "Actuarial equivalent" means a benefit of equal value when computed upon the basis of such mortality and other tables as may be adopted by the director.

(22) "Retirement" means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance as provided by this chapter.

(23) "Eligible position" means:

(a) Any position which normally requires five or more uninterrupted months of service a year for which regular compensation is paid to the occupant thereof;

(b) Any position occupied by an elected official or person appointed directly by the governor for which compensation is paid.

(24) "Ineligible position" means any position which does not conform with the requirements set forth in subdivision (23).

(25) "Leave of absence" means the period of time a member is authorized by the employer to be absent from service without being separated from membership.

(26) "Totally incapacitated for duty" means total inability to perform the duties of a member's employment or office or any other work for which the member is qualified by training or experience.

(27) "Retiree" for persons who establish membership in the retirement system on or after October 1, 1977, means any member in receipt of a retirement allowance or other benefit provided by this chapter resulting from service rendered to an employer by such member.

(28) "Department" means the department of retirement systems created in chapter 41.50 RCW.

(29) "Director" means the director of the department.

(30) "State elective position" means any position held by any person elected or appointed to state-wide office or elected or appointed as a member of the legislature.

(31) "State actuary" or "actuary" means the person appointed pursuant to RCW 44.44.010(2).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. A new section is added to chapter 43.10 RCW to read as follows:

RCW 43.10.067 does not apply to the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW. However, the corporation may, in its discretion, request the legal services of the attorney general.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 18. A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter does not apply to the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW. However, the corporation may, in its discretion, request the services of the department of general administration.

Sec. 19. Section 43.78.030, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 2, chapter 164, Laws of 1982 and RCW 43.78.030 are each amended to read as follows:

The public printer shall print and bind the session laws, the journals of the two houses of the legislature, all bills, resolutions, documents, and other printing and binding of either the senate or house, as the same may be ordered by the legislature; and such forms, blanks, record books, and printing and binding of every description as may be ordered by all state officers, boards, commissions, and institutions, and the supreme court, and the court of appeals and officers thereof, as the same may be ordered on requisition, from time to time, by the proper authorities: PROVIDED, That this section shall not apply to the printing of the supreme court((,)) and the court of appeals reports or to the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW unless the corporation requests the services of the public printer: PROVIDED FURTHER, That where any institution or institution of higher learning of the state is or may become equipped with facilities for doing such work, it may do any printing: (1) For itself, or (2) for any other state institution when such printing is done as part of a course of study relative to the profession of printer: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That except under RCW 43.19.532, any printing and binding of whatever description as may be needed by any institution of higher learning, institution or agency of the state department of social and health services not at Olympia, or the supreme court or the court of appeals or any officer thereof, the estimated cost of which shall not exceed two hundred dollars, may be done by any private printing company in the general vicinity within the state of Washington so ordering, if in the judgment of the officer of said agency so ordering, the saving in time and processing justifies the award to such local private printing concern.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 20. A new section is added to chapter 43.105 RCW to read as follows:

This chapter does not apply to the public nonprofit corporation created under chapter 27.26 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 21. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) Section 2, chapter 31, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 27.26.010;

(2) Section 1, chapter 31, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 27.26.020;

(3) Section 1, chapter 110, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 43.105.100;

(4) Section 2, chapter 110, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 43.105.110;

(5) Section 3, chapter 110, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 43.105.120;

(6) Section 4, chapter 110, Laws of 1975-'76 2nd ex. sess. and RCW 43.105.130;

(7) Section 18, chapter 197, Laws of 1983 and RCW 43.131.289; and

(8) Section 44, chapter 197, Laws of 1983 and RCW 43.131.290.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 22. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 23. Sections 1 through 8 of this act are each added to chapter 27.26 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 24. A new section is added to chapter 43.131 RCW to read as follows:

The western library network shall be terminated, and sections 1 through 8, 14, 17, 18, and 20 of this act shall expire, on June 30, 1995. The termination shall be subject to the procedures established under this chapter. The program and fiscal review by the legislative budget committee shall be completed by June 30, 1993.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 25. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect June 30, 1985, except that the governor shall immediately take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that this act is implemented on its effective date. Prior to January 1, 1986, the Washington library network may continue operation until the Western library network can assume the operations.