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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5320

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Warnke, Tanner, Barr, Zimmerman and Nelson

Read first time 1/23/87 and referred to Committee on  Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to furniture purchases by state agencies; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     By January 1, 1988, the office of financial management shall submit a report to the committees on ways and means of the senate and house of representatives describing a system to control the initial acquisition and replacement of furniture by state agencies.  The system shall include proposed criteria for justifying furniture purchases by state agencies, a uniform accounting and reporting system for such purchases; and a centralized inventory and acquisition system that would fill state agency furniture requests from existing inventory before new purchases are allowed.  The report shall include recommended legislation, if appropriate.