BILL REQ. #: H-2545.2
State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 03/28/2003. Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.
AN ACT Relating to state capitol campus governance; amending RCW 43.34.010, 43.34.080, and 43.34.090; adding a new section to chapter 43.34 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 43.34 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The legislative buildings committee is created. The committee
consists of five members as follows: The governor or the governor's
designee; two members of the house of representatives, one from each
major caucus, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
and two members of the senate, one from each major caucus, appointed by
the president of the senate. The committee may appoint ex officio
members at its discretion to assist the committee with historical,
structural, or architectural considerations related to interiors of the
buildings under its control, or, subject to funding in the omnibus
appropriations act, the committee may contract for such services. The
committee may also be advised by the state capitol committee, the
capitol campus design advisory committee, and the department of general
administration, and may appoint additional advisory committees as
needed.
(2) The legislative buildings committee has sole responsibility for
internal space allocations, equipment, furnishings, and building usages
for the legislative building, the Cherberg building, the O'Brien
building, the Newhouse building, the Pritchard building, and the
governor's mansion. This responsibility includes but is not limited to
offices, committee rooms, hearing rooms, workrooms, public areas, the
provision of office space and housing for the governor, and the
provision of space for other statewide elected officials and other
state agencies as the committee deems necessary.
Sec. 2 RCW 43.34.010 and 1997 c 279 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
The ((governor or the governor's designee, the lieutenant governor,
the secretary of state, and)) legislative buildings committee created
in section 1 of this act, the commissioner of public lands or the
commissioner's designee, ((ex officio, shall)) and the director of the
Washington state historical society constitute the state capitol
committee.
Sec. 3 RCW 43.34.080 and 1990 c 93 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The capitol campus design advisory committee is established as
an advisory group to the legislative buildings committee, the state
capitol committee, and the director of general administration to review
programs, planning, design, and landscaping of state capitol facilities
and grounds and to make recommendations that will contribute to the
attainment of architectural, aesthetic, functional, and environmental
excellence in design and maintenance of capitol facilities on campus
and located in neighboring communities.
(2) The advisory committee shall consist of the following persons
who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor:
(a) Two architects;
(b) A landscape architect; and
(c) An urban planner.
The governor shall appoint the chair and vice-chair and shall
instruct the director of general administration to provide the staff
and resources necessary for implementing this section. The advisory
committee shall meet at least once every ninety days and at the call of
the chair.
The members of the committee shall be reimbursed as provided in RCW
43.03.220 and 44.04.120.
(3) ((The advisory committee shall also consist of the secretary of
state and two members of the house of representatives, one from each
caucus, who shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives, and two members of the senate, one from each caucus,
who shall be appointed by the president of the senate.)) The advisory committee shall review plans and designs
affecting state capitol facilities as they are developed in order to
advise the legislative buildings committee and the state capitol
committee. The advisory committee's review shall include:
(4)
(a) The process of solicitation and selection of appropriate
professional design services including design-build proposals;
(b) Compliance with the capitol campus master plan and design
concepts as adopted by the capitol committee;
(c) The design, siting, and grouping of state capitol facilities
relative to the service needs of state government and the impact upon
the local community's economy, environment, traffic patterns, and other
factors;
(d) The relationship of overall state capitol facility planning to
the respective comprehensive plans for long-range urban development of
the cities of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater, and Thurston county; and
(e) Landscaping plans and designs, including planting proposals,
street furniture, sculpture, monuments, and access to the capitol
campus and buildings.
Sec. 4 RCW 43.34.090 and 2002 c 164 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The legislature shall approve names for new or existing
buildings on the state capitol grounds based upon recommendations from
the state capitol committee ((and the director of the department of
general administration)), with the advice of the capitol campus design
advisory committee, subject to the following limitations:
(a) An existing building may be renamed only after a substantial
renovation or a change in the predominant tenant agency headquartered
in the building.
(b) A new or existing building may be named or renamed after:
(i) An individual who has played a significant role in Washington
history;
(ii) The purpose of the building;
(iii) The single or predominant tenant agency headquartered in the
building;
(iv) A significant place name or natural place in Washington;
(v) A Native American tribe located in Washington;
(vi) A group of people or type of person;
(vii) Any other appropriate person consistent with this section as
recommended by the director of the department of general
administration.
(c) The names on the facades of the state capitol group shall not
be removed.
(2) The legislature shall approve names for new or existing public
rooms or spaces on the west capitol campus based upon recommendations
from the state capitol committee ((and the director of the department
of general administration)), with the advice of the capitol campus
design advisory committee, subject to the following limitations:
(a) An existing room or space may be renamed only after a
substantial renovation;
(b) A new or existing room or space may be named or renamed only
after:
(i) An individual who has played a significant role in Washington
history;
(ii) The purpose of the room or space;
(iii) A significant place name or natural place in Washington;
(iv) A Native American tribe located in Washington; and
(v) A group of people or type of person((;)).
(vi) Any other appropriate person consistent with this section as
recommended by the director of the department of general
administration
(3) When naming or renaming buildings, rooms, and spaces under this
section, consideration must be given to: (a) Any disparity that exists
with respect to the gender of persons after whom buildings, rooms, and
spaces are named on the state capitol grounds; (b) the diversity of
human achievement; and (c) the diversity of the state's citizenry and
history.
(4) For purposes of this section, "state capitol grounds" means
buildings and land owned by the state and otherwise designated as state
capitol grounds, including the west capitol campus, the east capitol
campus, the north capitol campus, the Tumwater campus, the Lacey
campus, Sylvester Park, Centennial Park, the Old Capitol Building, and
Capitol Lake.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for
buildings overseen by the legislative buildings committee as provided
in section 1 of this act, the legislative buildings committee shall
make the naming or renaming recommendation to the legislature.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 This act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the
state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
immediately.