6108-S.E AMH HAUT 24

ESSB 6108 - H AMD TO H APP COMM AMD (H-5320.5/98) 1102 FAILED 3-04-98

By Representative

      On page 76, after line 2 of the striking amendment, strike all of subsection 9 and insert the following:

A(9) $464,000 of the public works administration account appropriation is provided solely for addressing a workload increase in the prevailing wage program.  The amount provided in this subsection shall be used to meet the following performance objectives:

(a) The department shall process all forms within 13 working days of their receipt; and

(b) The department shall make every reasonable effort to decrease the processing time and the backlog of forms.

The amount provided in this subsection is provided on a one-time basis, and it is the intent of the legislature that ongoing funding for these purposes will not be provided in the future unless the department meets the performance objectives specified in this subsection.@

EFFECT: The requirement to report to the commerce and labor committees of the legislature is stricken.  The provision that the funding will lapse if SHB 3073 (stratified random sampling methodology for determining prevailing wages) is not enacted is stricken. 

FISCAL IMPACT: None.