2459-S AMH CONW REIN 057

SHB 2459 - H AMD

By Representative Conway

   On page 28, after line 6, insert the following:

   "(9) By December 1, 2004, the office of financial management shall report to the house of representatives committees on commerce and labor, state government, and trade and economic development and the senate committees on commerce and trade, economic development, government operations and elections, or their successor committees, on its review of the following:

   (a) Personal services and purchased services contracts, and any subcontracts awarded under such contracts, performed at locations outside the United States;

   (b) The applicability of international trade agreements to state procurement policies; the compliance of signatories to such agreements with international and state child labor, environmental protection, human rights, and labor standards; and the effects of such agreements on domestic preferences adopted by signatories to such agreements;

   (c) The economic benefit of awarding personal services and purchased services contracts to Washington companies. The economic benefit shall be measured as follows:

   (i) The number of total employment positions;

   (ii) Full-time, part-time, and temporary employment positions as a percent of total employment;

   (iii) The number of employment positions according to the following wage bands: Less than thirty thousand dollars; thirty thousand dollars or greater, but less than sixty thousand dollars; and sixty thousand dollars or greater. A wage band containing fewer than three individuals may be combined with another wage band; and

   (iv) The number of employment positions that have employer-provided medical, dental, and retirement benefits, by each of the wage bands;

   (d) The cost to the state of retraining workers who are separated from employment because their positions were outsourced to locations outside the United States, and issues relative to their eligibility for training benefits under RCW 50.22.150;

   (e) The extent to which state contracts performed at locations outside the U.S. involve solicitation or disclosure of personal information; and

   (f) The relationship between state labor market conditions, including unemployment rate, and outsourcing decisions."

EFFECT: Requires the Office of Financial Management to report to certain legislative committees on its review of certain contracts performed at locations outside the United States and other issues related to outsourcing by December 1, 2004.

FISCAL IMPACT: None.