BILL REQ. #:  H-1438.1 

Read first time 02/09/2005.   Referred to Committee on State Government Operations & Accountability.

     AN ACT Relating to adding authority to use alternative public works; and reenacting and amending RCW 39.10.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 39.10.020 and 2003 c 352 s 1, 2003 c 301 s 2, and 2003 c 300 s 3 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
     (1) "Alternative public works contracting procedure" means the design-build and the general contractor/construction manager contracting procedures authorized in RCW 39.10.051 and 39.10.061, respectively.
     (2) "Public body" means the state department of general administration; the University of Washington; Washington State University; Western Washington University; Central Washington University; Eastern Washington University; The Evergreen State College; every city with a population greater than seventy thousand and any public authority chartered by such city under RCW 35.21.730 through 35.21.755 and specifically authorized as provided in RCW 39.10.120(4); every county with a population greater than four hundred fifty thousand; every port district with total revenues greater than fifteen million dollars per year; every public hospital district with total revenues greater than fifteen million dollars per year utilizing the design-build procedure authorized by RCW 39.10.051 and every public hospital district, regardless of total revenues, proposing projects that are considered and approved by the public hospital district project review board under RCW 39.10.117; every public utility district with revenues from energy sales greater than twenty-three million dollars per year; those school districts proposing projects that are considered and approved by the school district project review board under RCW 39.10.115; and the state ferry system.
     (3) "Public works project" means any work for a public body within the definition of the term public work in RCW 39.04.010.
     (4) "Job order contract" means a contract between a public body or any school district and a registered or licensed contractor in which the contractor agrees to a fixed period, indefinite quantity delivery order contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive work orders for public works as defined in RCW 39.04.010.
     (5) "Job order contractor" means a registered or licensed contractor awarded a job order contract.
     (6) "Unit price book" means a book containing specific prices, based on generally accepted industry standards and information, where available, for various items of work to be performed by the job order contractor. The prices may include: All the costs of materials; labor; equipment; overhead, including bonding costs; and profit for performing the items of work. The unit prices for labor must be at the rates in effect at the time the individual work order is issued.
     (7) "Work order" means an order issued for a definite scope of work to be performed pursuant to a job order contract.