CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1075

Chapter 29, Laws of 1999

56th Legislature

1999 Regular Session

SMALL WORKS ROSTER BY PORT DISTRICTS--MONETARY LIMIT INCREASED

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/99

Passed by the House March 4, 1999 Yeas 95 Nays 0

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 7, 1999

Yeas 31 Nays 12

CERTIFICATE

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1075 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

DEAN R. FOSTER

Chief Clerk

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Approved April 19, 1999

FILED

April 19, 1999 - 3:09 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

H-1733.1 _______________________________________________

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1075

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Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives D. Schmidt and Romero; by request of Alternative Public Works Methods Oversight Committee)

Read first time 02/15/1999.

AN ACT Relating to increasing the monetary limit for use of the small works roster by port districts; and amending RCW 53.08.120.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 53.08.120 and 1998 c 278 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

All material required by a port district may be procured in the open market or by contract and all work ordered may be done by contract or day labor. All such contracts for work, the estimated cost of which exceeds ((~~one~~)) two hundred thousand dollars, shall be let at public bidding upon notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least thirteen days before the last date upon which bids will be received, calling for sealed bids upon the work, plans and specifications for which shall then be on file in the office of the commission for public inspection. The same notice may call for bids on such work or material based upon plans and specifications submitted by the bidder. The competitive bidding requirements for purchases or public works may be waived pursuant to RCW 39.04.280 if an exemption contained within that section applies to the purchase or public work.

Each port district shall maintain a small works roster, as provided in RCW 39.04.155, and may use the small works roster process to award contracts in lieu of calling for sealed bids whenever work is done by contract, the estimated cost of which is ((~~one~~)) two hundred thousand dollars or less. Whenever possible, the managing official shall invite at least one proposal from a minority contractor who shall otherwise qualify under this section.

When awarding such a contract for work, when utilizing proposals from the small works roster, the managing official shall give weight to the contractor submitting the lowest and best proposal, and whenever it would not violate the public interest, such contracts shall be distributed equally among contractors, including minority contractors, on the small works roster.

A report on the effectiveness of the change in the bid limit will be made to the alternative works construction methods oversight committee prior to the 2003 legislative session.