2190-S AMH CARL H4604.1

SHB 2190  - H AMD1304
     By Representative Carlyle

ADOPTED 03/05/2012

     On page 15, line 2, after "commission" insert ", but the $3,500,000 must be placed in escrow and not allotted until the review of the Washington state patrol's narrowbanding project has been completed and approved"

     On page 82, after line 1, insert the following:

"Sec. 601   2011 c 367 s 601 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES THROUGH FINANCIAL CONTRACTS
     (1) The following agencies may enter into financial contracts, paid from any funds of an agency, appropriated or nonappropriated, for the purposes indicated and in not more than the principal amounts indicated, plus financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW. When securing properties under this section, agencies shall use the most economical financial contract option available, including long-term leases, lease-purchase agreements, lease-development with option to purchase agreements, or financial contracts using certificates of participation. Expenditures made by an agency for one of the indicated purposes before the issue date of the authorized financial contract and any certificates of participation therein are intended to be reimbursed from proceeds of the financial contract and any certificates of participation therein to the extent provided in the agency's financing plan approved by the state finance committee.
     (2) State agencies may enter into agreements with the department of general administration and the state treasurer's office to develop requests to the legislature for the acquisition of properties and facilities through financial contracts. The agreements may include charges for services rendered.
     (a) Department of transportation: Enter into a financing contract for up to $10,824,000 plus financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW for the acquisition and implementation of a time, leave, and labor distribution system that is integrated with the state's accounting and human resource management systems.
     (b) Department of licensing: Enter into a financing contract for up to $7,414,000 plus financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW for the purchase of a prorate and fuel tax system.
     (c) Washington state patrol: (i) Enter into a financing contract for up to $8,241,000 plus financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW to purchase and install mobile office platforms in state patrol and pursuit vehicles.
     (ii) Enter into a financing contract for up to $40,100,000 plus financing expenses and required reserves pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW to purchase equipment and engineering services to convert to a narrowband digital system, which is contingent upon the completion of an independent financial, technical, and compliance review that must include the review of the utilization of the United States department of justice's integrated wireless network, which includes a risk mitigation strategy and plans, age and platform of the communication equipment's technology, and contractual services and obligations, to be completed and approved by the office of financial management by July 31, 2012, before any financial contracts using certificates of participation can be executed. The office of financial management must request from the federal communications commission an extension of ninety days for meeting the January 1, 2013, narrowbanding mandate to allow the time required to perform the review."

     Renumber the remaining sections consecutively, correct any internal references accordingly, and correct the title.

EFFECT:  (1) Requires an independent financial, technical, and compliance review that must include the review of the utilization of the United States department of justice's integrated wireless network, which includes a risk mitigation strategy and plans, age and platform of the communication equipment's technology, and contractual services and obligations, to be completed and approved by the office of financial management by July 31, 2012, before any financial contracts using certificates of participation can be executed. The office of financial management must request from the federal communications commission an extension of ninety days for meeting the January 1, 2013, narrowbanding mandate to allow the time required to perform the review.
     (2) The $3.5 million authorized for narrowbanding in section 207(13) must be placed in escrow until the review of the Washington State Patrol narrowbanding project has been reviewed and approved.

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