CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1325

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 19, 1993   Yeas 95   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 1993   Yeas 47   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1325 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1325

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Bray, Edmondson, Orr, H. Myers, Long and Springer)

Read first time 02/19/93.

Giving local governments the option to acquire services or goods under arrangements by state agencies.

          AN ACT Relating to giving local governments the option to acquire services or goods under purchasing arrangements made by state agencies; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The department, in consultation with associations of local governments, shall develop a proposal to offer contracts for air service fares to local government employees at the best available rates.  In developing the proposal, the elements to be considered include, but are not limited to:

          (1) Guidelines for predicting and reporting the volume, frequency, and destinations of air travel requirements of local government employees;

          (2) A cost-effective system for aggregating bookings, accounting, and payments for local employee air travel;

          (3) The most appropriate means for preparing invitations to bid, that will offer the greatest possible opportunity for local governments to take advantage of bulk rates in a manner that will avoid delay in putting the contracts into place;

          (4) Establishment of an ongoing clearinghouse of favorable rates, schedules, and destinations that can be made readily available to local government managers in planning air travel for their employees; and

          (5) Any other services that will assist local governments in planning air travel on essential public business.

          The results of the consultation and progress on the proposal shall be reported to the senate committee on government operations and the house of representatives committee on local government by December 15, 1993.

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