CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1235

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 19, 1997

  Yeas 89   Nays 0

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 8, 1997

  Yeas 45   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 1235  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

President of the Senate

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1235

          _______________________________________________

 

             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

 

                                

                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ogden, McMorris, H. Sommers, Carlson, Wolfe, O'Brien, Dunshee, Kenney, Dickerson, Cole, Mason and Robertson; by request of Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee)

 

Read first time 03/10/97.

  Prohibiting consultants from charging state agencies for access to data generated under their personal services contracts.   


    AN ACT Relating to personal service contracts; and adding a new section to chapter 39.29 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 39.29 RCW to read as follows:

    A state agency may not enter into a personal services contract with a consultant under which the consultant could charge additional costs to the agency, the joint legislative audit and review committee, or the state auditor for access to data generated under the contract.  A consultant under such contract shall provide access to data generated under the contract to the contracting agency, the joint legislative audit and review committee, and the state auditor.  For purposes of this section, "data" includes all information that supports the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the consultant's reports, including computer models and the methodology for those models.

 

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