CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1434

                   Chapter 354, Laws of 1995

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

            PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICTS‑-BID PROCEDURES

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/23/95

Passed by the House March 10, 1995   Yeas 97   Nays 0 CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 1995   Yeas 42   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1434 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved May 16, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                       May 16, 1995 - 11:04 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1434

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             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Representatives Hankins, Casada, Mastin, Honeyford, Radcliff, Dyer, Grant, Blanton, Brumsickle, Delvin, L. Thomas and Chandler)

Read first time 02/17/95.

Increasing the limit for public utility districts to use alternative bid procedures.

    AN ACT Relating to public utility districts bid procedures; and amending RCW 54.04.082.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 54.04.082 and 1993 c 198 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:

    For the awarding of a contract to purchase any item, or items of the same kind of materials, equipment, or supplies in an amount exceeding five thousand dollars, but less than ((fifteen)) thirty-five thousand dollars, exclusive of sales tax, the commission may, in lieu of the procedure described in RCW 54.04.070 and 54.04.080 requiring public notice to invite sealed proposals for such materials, equipment, or supplies, pursuant to commission resolution use the process provided in RCW 39.04.190.  Waiver of the deposit or bid bond required under RCW 54.04.080 may be authorized by the commission in securing such bid quotations.

    Passed the House March 10, 1995.

    Passed the Senate April 7, 1995.

Approved by the Governor May 16, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 1995.