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SENATE BILL 6851
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Senators Rossi, T. Sheldon, McDonald, Finkbeiner, Johnson, Hale, Oke, Deccio and West
Read first time 02/15/2000. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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; repealing RCW 41.06.380 and 41.06.382; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.
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.
No department, agency, or institution may enter into, renew, extend, or allow the automatic extension of any collective bargaining agreement that restricts or modifies the authority granted by this section.
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. Expenditures during the 1999-2001 fiscal biennium shall constitute the baseline for purposes of calculating the savings.
It is the intent of the legislature that, from the up to seven hundred million dollars in identified savings, fifty percent be directed to providing increased state funding for common school education programs and common school construction 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 The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed: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.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. The secretary of state shall submit this act to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this state, in accordance with Article II, section 1 of the state Constitution and the laws adopted to facilitate its operation.
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