5418-S.E AMH YOUN KESL 231

  

ESSB 5418 - H AMD TO LG COMM AMD (H-2648.1/19) 751

By Representative Young

NOT ADOPTED 04/16/2019

On page 32, after line 5 of the striking amendment, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. (1) When a local government performs a public works project using its own local government employees, rather than following the public works contracting process, the local government is required to disclose all bidder communications, except confidential business communication and information, related to any offered bid or project prior to the determination that the work will be done with the local government's own employees.

(2) The record required under subsection (1) of this section applies to the local government entities subject to the following statutes: RCW 35.22.620, 35.23.352, 36.32.235, 52.14.110, 54.04.070, 54.04.082, and 57.08.050, and chapter 39.04 RCW."

EFFECT: Requires certain local governments to disclose all bidder communications, except confidential business communication and information, related to any offered bid or project prior to the determination that the work will be done with the local government's own employees.

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