HB 2112-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 3/17/03)

Directs the joint legislative audit and review committee to conduct a study of public works projects built after June 9, 1994, under the general contractor/construction manager procedure authorized by chapter 39.10 RCW. The joint legislative audit and review committee shall provide an interim report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 31, 2003, and a final report, including any findings and recommendations, by December 31, 2004. The study must include: (1) An analysis of the costs and benefits of using general contractor/construction manager procedures as opposed to other public works contracting procedures, including the fiscal impacts. In conducting this analysis, the committee may consider developing a sample of public works projects built using these procedures;

(2) An examination of the jurisdictions that used the general contractor/construction manager procedure for a public works project; and

(3) An examination of the number, size, and cost of public works projects built using the general contractor/construction manager procedure.

Establishes an independent oversight committee to review the practices and use of the general contractor/construction manager procedures authorized by chapter 39.10 RCW for the contracting of public works projects.

Provides that, in addition to the projects authorized in RCW 39.10.061, public hospital districts may also use the general contractor/construction manager contracting procedure for the construction of public hospital district capital demonstration projects, subject to the following conditions: (1) The project must receive approval from the public hospital district project review board established under this act.

(2) The public hospital district project review board may not authorize more than ten demonstration projects valued between five and ten million dollars.

Provides that public hospital districts may also use the general contractor/construction manager contracting procedure for the construction of any public hospital district capital project that has a value over ten million dollars and that has received approval from the public hospital district project review board established under this act.