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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1235

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ogden, McMorris, H. Sommers, Carlson, Wolfe, O'Brien, Dunshee, Kenney, Dickerson, Cole, Mason and Robertson; by request of Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee)

Read first time 03/10/97.

Prohibiting consultants from charging state agencies for access to data generated under their personal services contracts.

    AN ACT Relating to personal service contracts; and adding a new section to chapter 39.29 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 39.29 RCW to read as follows:

    A state agency may not enter into a personal services contract with a consultant under which the consultant could charge additional costs to the agency, the joint legislative audit and review committee, or the state auditor for access to data generated under the contract.  For purposes of this section, "data" includes all information that supports the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the consultant's reports, including computer models and the methodology for those models.

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