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                         SENATE BILL 5316

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators West, Strannigan, Winsley, Wood, Hale, Horn, Kohl, Prince, Oke, Patterson, Roach, Deccio, Schow, Hochstatter, Bauer, Sheldon and Heavey

Read first time 01/23/97.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Using credit and debit cards when parking at the state convention and trade center.

    AN ACT Relating to parking fees of the state convention and trade center; and amending RCW 67.40.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 67.40.020 and 1995 c 386 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The governor is authorized to form a public nonprofit corporation in the same manner as a private nonprofit corporation is formed under chapter 24.03 RCW.  The public corporation shall be an instrumentality of the state and have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as are permitted or prescribed to private nonprofit corporations, but shall exercise those powers only for carrying out the purposes of this chapter and those purposes necessarily implied therefrom.  The governor shall appoint a board of nine directors for the corporation who shall serve terms of six years, except that two of the original directors shall serve for two years and two of the original directors shall serve for four years.  After January 1, 1991, at least one position on the board shall be filled by a member representing management in the hotel or motel industry subject to taxation under RCW 67.40.090.  The directors may provide for the payment of their expenses.  The corporation may acquire, construct, expand, and improve the state convention and trade center within the city of Seattle.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the corporation may acquire, lease, sell, or otherwise encumber property rights, including but not limited to development or condominium rights, deemed by the corporation as necessary for facility expansion.

    (2) The corporation may acquire and transfer real and personal property by lease, sublease, purchase, or sale, and further acquire property by condemnation of privately owned property or rights to and interests in such property pursuant to the procedure in chapter 8.04 RCW.  However, acquisitions and transfers of real property, other than by lease, may be made only if the acquisition or transfer is approved by the director of financial management in consultation with the chairpersons of the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives.  The corporation may accept gifts or grants, request the financing provided for in RCW 67.40.030, cause the state convention and trade center facilities to be constructed, and do whatever is necessary or appropriate to carry out those purposes.  Upon approval by the director of financial management in consultation with the chairpersons of the appropriate fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate, the corporation may enter into lease and sublease contracts for a term exceeding the fiscal period in which these lease and sublease contracts are made.  The terms of sale or lease of properties acquired by the corporation on February 9, 1987, pursuant to the property purchase and settlement agreement entered into by the corporation on June 12, 1986, including the McKay parcel which the corporation is contractually obligated to sell under that agreement, shall also be subject to the approval of the director of financial management in consultation with the chairpersons of the appropriate fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate.  No approval by the director of financial management is required for leases of individual retail space, meeting rooms, or convention-related facilities.  In order to allow the corporation flexibility to secure appropriate insurance by negotiation, the corporation is exempt from RCW 48.30.270.  The corporation shall maintain, operate, promote, and manage the state convention and trade center.

    (3) In order to allow the corporation flexibility in its personnel policies, the corporation is exempt from chapter 41.06 RCW, chapter 41.05 RCW, RCW 43.01.040 through 43.01.044, chapter 41.04 RCW and chapter 41.40 RCW.

(4) The corporation shall accept bank credit cards and debit cards in payment of fees at the parking facilities operated by the corporation.

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