S-1849

AN ACT Relating to consolidating funds within the general administration services account; amending RCW 39.35.060, 43.19.025, 43.19.1923, and 43.99I.020; and repealing RCW 39.35C.110.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 39.35.060 and 1996 c 186 s 404 are each amended to read as follows:

The department may impose fees upon affected public agencies for the review of life-cycle cost analyses. The fees shall be deposited in the ((~~energy efficiency services account established in RCW 39.35C.110~~)) general administration services account. The purpose of the fees is to recover the costs by the department for review of the analyses. The department shall set fees at a level necessary to recover all of its costs related to increasing the energy efficiency of state-supported new construction. The fees shall not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total cost of any project or exceed two thousand dollars for any project unless mutually agreed to. The department shall provide detailed calculation ensuring that the energy savings resulting from its review of life-cycle cost analysis justify the costs of performing that review.

Sec. 2. RCW 43.19.025 and 1998 c 105 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

The general ((~~services~~)) administration ((~~[general administration services]~~)) services account is created in the custody of the state treasurer and shall be used for all activities previously budgeted and accounted for in the following internal service funds: The motor transport account, the general administration management fund, the general administration facilities and services revolving fund, the central stores revolving fund, the surplus property purchase revolving fund, ((~~and~~)) the risk management account, and the energy efficiency services account. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, except for the cost of goods sold in the office of procurement and the cost of postage in the consolidated mail service.

Sec. 3. RCW 43.19.1923 and 1998 c 105 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

The general administration services account shall be used for the purchase of supplies and equipment handled or rented through central stores, and the payment of salaries, wages, and other costs incidental to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the central stores, and other activities connected therewith, which shall include utilities services. ((Disbursements from the account for the purchasing and contract administration activities of the division of purchasing within the department are subject to appropriation and allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW. Disbursements for all other state purchasing activities within the general administration services account are not subject to appropriation.)) The account shall be credited with all receipts from the rental, sale, or distribution of supplies, equipment, and services rendered to the various state agencies. Central stores, utilities services, and other activities within the general administration services account shall be treated as separate operating entities for financial and accounting control. Financial records involving the general administration services account shall be designed to provide data for achieving maximum effectiveness and economy of each individual activity within the account.

Sec. 4. RCW 43.99I.020 and 1997 c 456 s 38 are each amended to read as follows:

Bonds issued under RCW 43.99I.010 are subject to the following conditions and limitations:

General obligation bonds of the state of Washington in the sum of one billion two hundred seventy-one million sixty‑five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, shall be issued for the purposes described and authorized by the legislature in the capital and operating appropriations acts for the 1991‑93 fiscal biennium and subsequent fiscal biennia, and to provide for the administrative cost of such projects, including costs of bond issuance and retirement, salaries and related costs of officials and employees of the state, costs of insurance or credit enhancement agreements, and other expenses incidental to the administration of capital projects. Subject to such changes as may be required in the appropriations acts, the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of this subsection shall be deposited in the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020 and transferred as follows:

(1) Eight hundred thirty-five thousand dollars to the state higher education construction account created by RCW 28B.10.851;

(2) Eight hundred seventy-one million dollars to the state building construction account created by RCW 43.83.020;

(3) Two million eight hundred thousand dollars to the ((~~energy efficiency services account created by RCW 39.35C.110~~)) general administration services account for energy efficiency services;

(4) Two hundred fifty-five million five hundred thousand dollars to the common school reimbursable construction account hereby created in the state treasury;

(5) Ninety-eight million six hundred forty-eight thousand dollars to the higher education reimbursable construction account hereby created in the state treasury;

(6) Three million two hundred eighty-four thousand dollars to the data processing building construction account created in RCW 43.99I.100; and

(7) Nine hundred thousand dollars to the Washington state dairy products commission facility account created in RCW 43.99I.110.

These proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes specified in this subsection, and for the payment of expenses incurred in the issuance and sale of the bonds issued for the purposes of this section, and shall be administered by the office of financial management, subject to legislative appropriation.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. RCW 39.35C.110 (Energy efficiency services account--Fees) and 1996 c 186 s 415 & 1991 c 201 s 12 are each repealed.