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                          HOUSE BILL 1808

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives D. Sommers, D. Schmidt, Sherstad and Dunn

Read first time 02/10/97.  Referred to Committee on Government Administration.

Requiring public works projects over five thousand dollars for state agencies to be contracted by public notice and competitive bid or small works roster.

    AN ACT Relating to public works projects for state agencies; and adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW to read as follows:

    Any public work, as defined by RCW 39.04.010, for any state agency must be done by contract pursuant to public notice and call for competitive bids or small works roster, as provided in chapter 39.04 RCW, whenever the estimated cost of the public work, including the cost of materials, supplies, equipment, and labor, exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars.  The cost of any public work is the aggregate of all amounts to be paid for materials, supplies, equipment, and labor of all work of a continuous or interrelated project if the work is to be performed simultaneously or in close sequence.

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