CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1747

Chapter 166, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITIES--INSURANCE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House March 7, 2007
  Yeas 94   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007
  Yeas 48   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1747 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 21, 2007, 10:37 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 23, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1747
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Representatives Simpson and Rodne

Read first time 01/26/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to the acquisition of insurance for regional transit authority projects over one hundred million dollars; and amending RCW 81.112.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 81.112.060 and 2000 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 32 are each amended to read as follows:
     An authority shall have the following powers:
     (1) To establish offices, departments, boards, and commissions that are necessary to carry out the purposes of the authority, and to prescribe the functions, powers, and duties thereof.
     (2) To appoint or provide for the appointment of, and to remove or to provide for the removal of, all officers and employees of the authority.
     (3) To fix the salaries, wages, and other compensation of all officers and employees of the authority.
     (4) To employ such engineering, legal, financial, or other specialized personnel as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the authority.
     (5) To determine risks, hazards, and liabilities in order to obtain insurance consistent with these determinations. This insurance may include any types of insurance covering, and for the benefit of, one or more parties with whom the authority contracts for any purpose, and insurance for the benefit of its board members, authority officers, and employees to insure against liability for acts or omissions while performing or in good faith purporting to perform their official duties. All insurance obtained for construction of authority projects with a total project cost exceeding one hundred million dollars may be acquired by bid or by negotiation ((through December 31, 2006)). In order to allow the authority flexibility to secure appropriate insurance by negotiation, the authority is exempt from RCW 48.30.270.


         Passed by the House March 7, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 10, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 21, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2007.