FINAL BILL REPORT

SSB 5179

                                   C 72 L 87

BYSenate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Rinehart, Saling, Halsan, Johnson, Warnke and Lee)

Increasing the authority of certain agencies to use local private printing companies.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

House Committe on State Government

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Institutions of higher learning, agencies of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) not at Olympia or the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals may have printing or binding done by a private printing company, if the estimated cost does not exceed $200.

There is no statutory provision for this spending limit to be automatically adjusted in the future.

SUMMARY:

Any institution of higher learning or agency of DSHS not at Olympia or the Supreme Court or Court of Appeals may have printing or binding done by a private printing company, if the estimated cost does not exceed $1,000.

The dollar limit specified for use of private printing companies by the above agencies is adjusted every odd numbered year to reflect inflation during the prior two years.  The adjustment is calculated by the Office of Financial Management.  The first adjustment will be made July 1, 1989.

Printing needed by an institution of higher education which is to be paid for by a nonstate funding source may be done by a private printing company, regardless of the estimated cost.  This is subject to the officer of the institution making a judgment that the savings in time or cost justify the award to a private company.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      Senate    48     0

      House 95   1 (House amended)

      Senate    47     0 (Senate concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987