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                          HOUSE BILL 1783

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Lisk and Romero

Read first time 02/08/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Removing the filing requirement for expert witness personal service contracts.

    AN ACT Relating to reporting of personal service contracts; and amending RCW 39.29.040.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 39.29.040 and 1987 c 414 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    This chapter does not apply to:

    (1) Contracts specifying a fee of less than two thousand five hundred dollars if the total of the contracts from that agency with the contractor within a fiscal year does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars;

    (2) Contracts awarded to companies that furnish a service where the tariff is established by the utilities and transportation commission or other public entity;

    (3) Intergovernmental agreements awarded to any governmental entity, whether federal, state, or local and any department, division, or subdivision thereof;

    (4) Contracts awarded for services to be performed for a standard fee, when the standard fee is established by the contracting agency or any other governmental entity and a like contract is available to all qualified applicants;

    (5) Contracts for services that are necessary to the conduct of collaborative research if prior approval is granted by the funding source;

    (6) Contracts for client services;

    (7) Contracts for architectural and engineering services as defined in RCW 39.80.020, which shall be entered into under chapter 39.80 RCW; and

    (8) Contracts for the employment of expert witnesses for the purposes of litigation((, except that such contracts shall be filed within the same time period as emergency contracts)).

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