CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1195



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 4, 2009
  Yeas 95   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 10, 2009
  Yeas 46   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1195 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1195
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Haigh, Kristiansen, and Hunt; by request of Capital Projects Advisory Review Board

Read first time 01/15/09.   Referred to Committee on State Government & Tribal Affairs.



     AN ACT Relating to payment of undisputed claims; and adding a new section to chapter 39.04 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 39.04 RCW to read as follows:
     No later than thirty days after satisfactory completion of any additional work or portion of any additional work by a contractor on a public works project, the state or municipality shall issue a change order to the contract for the full dollar amount of the work not in dispute between the state or municipality and the contractor. If the state or municipality does not issue such a change order within the thirty days, interest must accrue on the dollar amount of the additional work satisfactorily completed and not in dispute until a change order is issued. The state or municipality shall pay this interest at a rate of one percent per month. For the purposes of this section, additional work is work beyond the scope defined in the contract between the contractor and the state or municipality.

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