BILL REQ. #:  Z-0105.1 

Read first time 01/28/2003.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to authorizing the ferry system to use alternative public works contracting procedures; and amending RCW 39.10.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 39.10.020 and 2001 c 328 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Alternative public works contracting procedure" means the design-build and the general contractor/construction manager contracting procedures authorized in RCW 39.10.051 and 39.10.061, respectively.
     (2) "Public body" means the state department of general administration; the University of Washington; Washington State University; every city with a population greater than seventy thousand and any public authority chartered by such city under RCW 35.21.730 through 35.21.755 and specifically authorized as provided in RCW 39.10.120(4); every county with a population greater than four hundred fifty thousand; every port district with total revenues greater than fifteen million dollars per year; every public utility district with revenues from energy sales greater than twenty-three million dollars per year; ((and)) those school districts proposing projects that are considered and approved by the school district project review board under RCW 39.10.115; and the department of transportation state ferry system.
     (3) "Public works project" means any work for a public body within the definition of the term public work in RCW 39.04.010.