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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1633

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Appelwick and Sanders)

Read first time 2/5/88.

AN ACT Relating to neighborhood self-help projects; and adding new sections to chapter 35.21 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

          Without regard to competitive bidding laws for public works, a city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, or park and recreation service area may contract with a chamber of commerce, a service organization, a community, youth, or athletic association, or other similar association located and providing service in the immediate neighborhood, for drawing design plans, making improvements to a park, school playground, or public square, installing equipment or artworks, or providing maintenance services for the facility as a community or neighborhood project, and may reimburse the contracting association its expense.  The contracting association may use volunteers in the project and provide the volunteers with clothing or tools; meals or refreshments; accident/injury insurance coverage; and reimbursement of their expenses.  The consideration to be received by the public entity through the value of the improvements, artworks, equipment, or maintenance shall have a value at least equal to three times that of the payment to the contracting association.  All payments made by a public entity under the  authority of this section for all such contracts in any one year shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars or two dollars per resident within the boundaries of the public entity, whichever is greater.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

          A city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, or park and recreation service area may ratify an agreement, which qualifies under section 1 of this act and was made after the effective date of this act.