SENATE BILL REPORT

SSB 5179

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

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 2, 1987

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5179 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators Halsan, Chairman; Garrett, Vice Chairman; DeJarnatt, McCaslin, Talmadge, Zimmerman.

Senate Staff:Walt Corneille (786-7452); Sam Thompson (786-7754)

                  April 8, 1987

AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 10, 1987

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 public printer.  The initial 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.

Fiscal Note:      available

Senate Committee - Testified: Bob Edie and John Pettit, University of Washington; Leland Blankenship, Department of Printing; Bill Hanson, University of Washington; Dick Lund, State Board for Community College Education

HOUSE AMENDMENT:

The adjustment for inflation in the dollar limit specified for the use of private printing companies is to be made by the Office of Financial Management instead of the State Printer.  A technical change is made deleting a reference to an obsolete section of the RCW.