NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. "A new section is added to chapter 43.131 RCW to read as follows:
The joint legislative audit and review committee shall conduct a program and fiscal review of the changes made by chapter . . ., Laws of 2018 (this act). This program and fiscal review shall be completed and a preliminary report prepared during the 2022 calendar year. These reports shall be prepared in the manner set forth in RCW
44.28.071 and
44.28.075. Upon completion of its preliminary report, the joint legislative audit and review committee shall transmit copies of the report to the office of financial management and any affected entities. The final report shall include the response, if any, of the affected entities and the office of financial management in the same manner as set forth in RCW
44.28.088, except the affected entities and the office of financial management shall have sixty days to respond to the report. The joint legislative audit and review committee shall transmit the final report to the legislature, to the state entities affected, to the governor, and to the state library.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. A new section is added to chapter 43.131 RCW to read as follows:
The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective July 1, 2023:
(1) 2018 c . . . s 1 (section 1 of this act);
(2) 2018 c . . . s 2 (section 2 of this act); and
(3) 2018 c . . . s 4 (section 4 of this act)."
EFFECT: Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee to conduct a review of, and prepare a report on, the new contracting out processes and provisions during the 2022 calendar year. Provides for the expiration of the new contracting out processes and provisions on July 1, 2023.