AN ACT Relating to public printing; amending RCW 43.78.080 and 43.78.090; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.72 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.78 RCW; repealing RCW 43.78.010, 43.78.020, 43.78.030, 43.78.040, 43.78.050, 43.78.070, 43.78.100, and 43.78.110; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.78 RCW to read as follows:

The acquisition of printing services by state government, its agencies and institutions, shall be by contract with private enterprises.

Sec. 2. Section 43.78.080, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 1, chapter 1, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. and RCW 43.78.080 are each amended to read as follows:

All printing, ruling, binding, and other work done ((~~or supplies furnished by the state printing plant~~)) for the various state departments, commissions, institutions, boards, and officers shall be by a contract with private enterprises and paid for on an actual cost basis as determined from a standard cost finding system ((~~to be maintained by the state printing plant~~)). In no event shall the price charged the various state departments, commissions, institutions, boards, and officers exceed those established by the Porte Publishing Company's Franklin Printing Catalogue for similar and comparable work. All bills for printing, ruling, binding, and other work done ((~~or for supplies furnished by the state printing plant~~)) shall be certified ((~~and sworn to~~)) by the ((~~public printer~~)) private enterprise.

The public printing shall be divided into the following classes:

FIRST CLASS. The bills, resolutions, and other matters that may be ordered by the legislature, or either branch thereof, in bill form, shall constitute the first class, and shall be printed in such form as the legislature shall provide.

SECOND CLASS. The second class shall consist of printing and binding of journals of the senate and house of representatives, and the annual and biennial reports of the several state officers, state commissions, boards, and institutions, with the exception of the reports of the attorney general and the governor's message to the legislature, which shall be printed and bound in the same style as heretofore. Said journals and reports shall be printed in such form as the senate and house of representatives and the various state officers, commissions, boards, and institutions shall respectively provide.

THIRD CLASS. The third class shall consist of all reports, communications, and all other documents that may be ordered printed in book form by the legislature or either branch thereof, and all reports, books, pamphlets, and other like matter printed in book form required by all state officers, boards, commissions, and institutions shall be printed in such form and style, and set in such size type, and printed on such grade of paper as may be desired by the state officer, board, commission, or institution ordering them, and which they think will best serve the purpose for which intended.

FOURTH CLASS. The fourth class shall consist of the session laws, and shall be printed and bound in such form as the statute law committee shall provide.

FIFTH CLASS. The fifth class shall consist of the printing of all stationery blanks, record books, and circulars, and all printing and binding required by the respective state officers, boards, commissions, and institutions not covered by classes one, two, three, and four.

Sec. 3. Section 43.78.090, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.78.090 are each amended to read as follows:

Whenever required by law or by the legislature or by any state officer, board, commission, or institution the ((~~public~~)) private enterprise printer shall keep the type used in printing any matter forming a part of the first, second, third, and fourth classes standing for a period not exceeding sixty days for use in reprinting such matter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

The acquisition of printing services by cities and towns, their agencies and institutions, may be by contract with private enterprises.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. A new section is added to chapter 36.72 RCW to read as follows:

The acquisition of printing services by counties, their agencies and institutions, may be by contract with private enterprises.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) Section 43.78.010, chapter 8, Laws of 1965, section 6, chapter 338, Laws of 1981 and RCW 43.78.010;

(2) Section 43.78.020, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.78.020;

(3) Section 43.78.030, chapter 8, Laws of 1965, section 114, chapter 81, Laws of 1971, section 2, chapter 164, Laws of 1982 and RCW 43.78.030;

(4) Section 43.78.040, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.78.040;

(5) Section 43.78.050, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.78.050;

(6) Section 43.78.070, chapter 8, Laws of 1965, section 134, chapter 151, Laws of 1979 and RCW 43.78.070;

(7) Section 43.78.100, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 and RCW 43.78.100; and

(8) Section 43.78.110, chapter 8, Laws of 1965, section 1, chapter 79, Laws of 1969, section 3, chapter 164, Laws of 1982 and RCW 43.78.110.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.