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                         SENATE BILL 6847

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Rossi, T. Sheldon, McDonald, Finkbeiner, West, Hale, Johnson and Oke

Read first time 02/09/2000.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Creating the education and transportation funding act of 2000.

    AN ACT Relating to creating the education and transportation funding act of 2000; adding a new section to chapter 41.06 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.88 RCW; creating a new section; and repealing RCW 41.06.380 and 41.06.382.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  This act may be known and cited as the education and transportation funding act of 2000.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 41.06 RCW to read as follows:

    Any department, agency, or institution of higher education may purchase services, including services that have been customarily and historically provided by employees in the classified service under this chapter, by contracting with individuals, nonprofit organizations, businesses, employee business units, or other entities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 43.88 RCW to read as follows:

    The office of financial management shall establish a process for identifying the savings achieved by state agencies and institutions of higher education as a result of contracting for services under the authority granted in section 2 of this act.  It is the intent of the legislature that, of the initial seven hundred million dollars in identified savings, fifty percent be directed to providing increased state funding for common school basic education programs and fifty percent be directed to providing increased state funding for transportation projects and programs.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 41.06.380 (Purchasing services by contract not prohibited--Limitations) and 1979 ex.s. c 46 s 2; and

(2) RCW 41.06.382 (Purchasing services by contract not prohibited--Limitations) and 1979 ex.s. c 46 s 1.

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