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SENATE BILL 5398
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session
By Senators Franklin, Pelz and Wojahn; by request of Department of Labor & Industries
Read first time 01/23/95. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to reporting of personal service contracts; and amending RCW 39.29.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 39.29.040 and 1987 c 414 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) Contracts specifying a fee of less than two thousand five hundred dollars if the total of the contracts from that agency with the contractor within a fiscal year does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars;
(2) Contracts awarded to companies that furnish a service where the tariff is established by the utilities and transportation commission or other public entity;
(3) Intergovernmental agreements awarded to any governmental entity, whether federal, state, or local and any department, division, or subdivision thereof;
(4) Contracts awarded for services to be performed for a standard fee, when the standard fee is established by the contracting agency or any other governmental entity and a like contract is available to all qualified applicants;
(5) Contracts for services that are necessary to the conduct of collaborative research if prior approval is granted by the funding source;
(6) Contracts for client services;
(7) Contracts for architectural and engineering services as defined in RCW 39.80.020, which shall be entered into under chapter 39.80 RCW; and
(8)
Contracts for the employment of expert witnesses for the purposes of
litigation((, except that such contracts shall be filed within the same time
period as emergency contracts)).
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