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                                  HOUSE BILL 1004

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Carlson, Sherstad, Benton, Dyer, Thompson, Goldsmith, Radcliff, Pennington, Mitchell, Basich, Blanton, Mulliken, Boldt, Fuhrman, Huff, Talcott and McMahan

Prefiled 12/21/94.  Read first time 01/09/95.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Allowing institutions of higher education to contract for services.

     AN ACT Relating to higher education services contracts; adding a new section to chapter 41.06 RCW; and repealing RCW 41.06.382.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 41.06 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) An institution of higher education may purchase services customarily and historically provided by employees in classified service under this chapter by contracting with individuals or business entities, without the necessity of showing that classified employees could not provide these services, if the purchase would be fiscally prudent and result in reduced expenditures of public funds.  However, decisions to contract for services may be made only after the affected institution of higher education has conducted a feasibility study determining the potential costs and benefits that would result from contracting for the services and the decision to contract for the services has been reviewed and approved by the director of financial management.  A contract to purchase services shall provide that the contractor will pay to its employees performing the contract work wages that are similar to those generally paid for such work in the locality in which the work is to be performed and will provide health benefits that are similar to, but in any case no less than, the benefits provided for basic health care services under chapter 70.47 RCW.

     (2) No provision contrary to or in conflict with this section in any existing collective bargaining agreement may be renewed or extended beyond the expiration date next following the effective date of this section.

     (3) This section shall not be construed to modify, reduce, or otherwise affect the purchase of services that were authorized to be purchased by contract under this chapter before the effective date of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  RCW 41.06.382 and 1979 ex.s. c 46 s 1 are each repealed.

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