CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5745

 

 

 

 

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 24, 1993

  YEAS 42   NAYS 2

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 24, 1993

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5745 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

                                 Secretary

 

 

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

                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington


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                                            ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5745

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                                        AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

 

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Bluechel, Bauer, Skratek, Cantu, Erwin, M. Rasmussen and Sheldon

 

Read first time 02/11/93.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

 

Creating the PNWER-Net working group.


          AN ACT Relating to interlibrary sharing; and adding new sections to chapter 43.147 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  In chapter 251, Laws of 1991, the legislature enacted into law the Pacific Northwest economic region agreement and made the state of Washington a party along with member states Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, and member Canadian provinces Alberta and British Columbia.  The legislature recognized that the member states and provinces of the Pacific Northwest economic region are in a strategic position to act together, as a region, thus increasing the overall competitiveness of the members and providing substantial economic benefits for all of their citizens.

          For those reasons, in chapter 251, Laws of 1991, the legislature also encouraged the establishment of cooperative activities between the seven legislative bodies of the Pacific Northwest economic region.  The member states and provinces now desire to engage in such cooperation by electronically sharing twenty-two million volumes from certain of their respective universities.  The member states and provinces have determined that such interlibrary sharing will provide substantial economic benefit for their citizens.  The legislature agrees, specifically also finding that such interlibrary sharing furthers a major component of education strategy in the 1990's and twenty-first century, namely providing increased access to knowledge via technology.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in sections 1 through 5 of this act "PNWER-Net" means the technology network to be created by the member states and provinces of the Pacific Northwest economic region that will be capable of electronically linking the following undergraduate university libraries of the member states and provinces:

          (1) Alaska:

          (a) University of Alaska, Anchorage;

          (b) University of Alaska, Juneau;

          (2) Alberta:

          (a) University of Alberta, Calgary;

          (b) University of Alberta, Edmonton;

          (3) British Columbia:

          (a) University of British Columbia, Vancouver;

          (b) University of Victoria, Victoria;

          (4) Idaho:

          (a) Boise State University, Boise;

          (b) University of Idaho, Moscow;

          (5) Montana:

          (a) Montana State University, Bozeman;

          (b) University of Montana, Missoula;

          (6) Oregon:

          (a) Oregon State University, Corvallis;

          (b) University of Oregon, Eugene;

          (7) Washington:

          (a) University of Washington, Seattle; and

          (b) Washington State University, Pullman.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  (1) The PNWER-Net working subgroup is hereby created for the member state of Washington.  The working subgroup shall be composed of seven members as follows:  Two members of the senate, one from each of the major caucuses, appointed by the president of the senate; two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; the state librarian; and the primary undergraduate academic librarian from each of the state's two research institutions of higher education.

          (2) The staff support shall be provided by the senate committee services and, to the extent authorized by the chief clerk of the house of representatives, by the house of representatives office of program research as mutually agreed by the legislators on the working group.

          (3) Legislative members shall be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with RCW 44.04.120.  Nonlegislative members shall be reimbursed for expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  The PNWER-Net working subgroup shall have the following duties:

          (1) To work with working subgroups from other member states and provinces in an entity known as the PNWER-Net working group to develop PNWER-Net;

          (2) To assist the PNWER-Net working group in developing criteria to ensure that designated member libraries use existing telecommunications infrastructure including the internet; and

          (3) To report to the legislature by December 1, 1994, concerning the status of PNWER-Net.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  The PNWER-Net working group may accept gifts, grants, and donations from private individuals and entities made for the purposes of sections 1 through 4 of this act.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  Sections 1 through 5 of this act are each added to chapter 43.147 RCW.

 


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