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                          HOUSE BILL 2650

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Romero, McMorris, Campbell, Dunshee, Lambert, D. Schmidt, Kenney and Miloscia; by request of Department of General Administration

Read first time 01/18/2000.  Referred to Committee on State Government.

Simplifying agency to agency transfer of small amounts of personal property.

    AN ACT Relating to interagency transfers of state surplus personal property; and amending RCW 43.19.1919 and 43.09.210.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.19.1919 and 1997 c 264 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    ((Except as provided in RCW 28A.335.180 and 43.19.1920,)) The division of purchasing shall sell or exchange personal property belonging to the state for which the agency, office, department, or educational institution having custody thereof has no further use, at public or private sale, and cause the moneys realized from the sale of any such property to be paid into the fund from which such property was purchased or, if such fund no longer exists, into the state general fund((:  PROVIDED,)).  This requirement is subject to the following exceptions and limitations:

(1) This section does not apply to property under RCW 27.53.045, 28A.335.180, or 43.19.1920;

(2) Sales of capital assets may be made by the division of purchasing and a credit established in central stores for future purchases of capital items as provided for in RCW 43.19.190 through 43.19.1939((, as now or hereafter amended:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That));

(3) Personal property, excess to a state agency, including educational institutions, shall not be sold or disposed of prior to reasonable efforts by the division of purchasing to determine if other state agencies have a requirement for such personal property.  Such determination shall follow sufficient notice to all state agencies to allow adequate time for them to make their needs known.  Surplus items may be disposed of without prior notification to state agencies if it is determined by the director of general administration to be in the best interest of the state.  The division of purchasing shall maintain a record of disposed surplus property, including date and method of disposal, identity of any recipient, and approximate value of the property((:  PROVIDED, FURTHER, That this section shall));

(4) This section does not apply to personal property acquired by a state organization under federal grants and contracts if in conflict with special title provisions contained in such grants or contracts;

(5) A state agency having a surplus personal property asset with a fair market value of less than five hundred dollars may transfer the asset to another state agency without charging fair market value.  A state agency conducting this action must maintain adequate records to comply with agency inventory procedures and state audit requirements.

    ((This section does not apply to property under RCW 27.53.045.))

    Sec. 2.  RCW 43.09.210 and 1965 c 8 s 43.09.210 are each amended to read as follows:

    Separate accounts shall be kept for every appropriation or fund of a taxing or legislative body showing date and manner of each payment made therefrom, the name, address, and vocation of each person, organization, corporation, or association to whom paid, and for what purpose paid.

    Separate accounts shall be kept for each department, public improvement, undertaking, institution, and public service industry under the jurisdiction of every taxing body.

    All service rendered by, or property transferred from, one department, public improvement, undertaking, institution, or public service industry to another, shall be paid for at its true and full value by the department, public improvement, undertaking, institution, or public service industry receiving the same, and no department, public improvement, undertaking, institution, or public service industry shall benefit in any financial manner whatever by an appropriation or fund made for the support of another.

    All unexpended balances of appropriations shall be transferred to the fund from which appropriated, whenever the account with an appropriation is closed.

This section does not apply to agency surplus personal property handled under RCW 43.19.1919(5).

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