| Passed by the House March 4, 2009 Yeas 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 10, 2009 Yeas 46 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | 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. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved April 23, 2009, 4:09 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 24, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
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.