CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6022

Chapter 352, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION BONDS--SURETY BONDS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the Senate April 18, 2005
  YEAS 38   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 7, 2005
  YEAS 95   NAYS 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6022 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved May 9, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 9, 2005 - 3:56 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6022
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Consumer Protection (originally sponsored by Senator Prentice)

READ FIRST TIME 03/02/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to surety bonds or insurance for public building or construction contracts; amending RCW 48.30.270; repealing RCW 53.08.145; repealing 2003 c 323 s 2; repealing 2003 c 323 ss 3 and 4 (uncodified); and repealing 2000 c 143 s 3 (uncodified).

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

Sec. 1   RCW 48.30.270 and 2003 c 323 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No officer or employee of this state, or of any public agency, public authority or public corporation except a public corporation or public authority created pursuant to agreement or compact with another state, and no person acting or purporting to act on behalf of such officer or employee, or public agency or public authority or public corporation, shall, with respect to any public building or construction contract which is about to be, or which has been competitively bid, require the bidder to make application to, or to furnish financial data to, or to obtain or procure, any of the surety bonds or contracts of insurance specified in connection with such contract, or specified by any law, general, special or local, from a particular insurer or agent or broker.
     (2) No such officer or employee or any person, acting or purporting to act on behalf of such officer or employee shall negotiate, make application for, obtain or procure any of such surety bonds or contracts of insurance, except contracts of insurance for builder's risk or owner's protective liability, which can be obtained or procured by the bidder, contractor or subcontractor.
     (3) This section shall not be construed to prevent the exercise by such officer or employee on behalf of the state or such public agency, public authority, or public corporation of its right to approve the form, sufficiency or manner or execution of the surety bonds or contracts of insurance furnished by the insurer selected by the bidder to underwrite such bonds, or contracts of insurance.
     (4) Any provisions in any invitation for bids, or in any of the contract documents, in conflict with this section are declared to be contrary to the public policy of this state.
     (5) A violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided by RCW 48.01.080.
     (6) This section shall not apply to((:
     (a) The public nonprofit corporation authorized under RCW 67.40.020;
     (b) Projects in excess of one hundred million dollars for port districts formed under chapter 53.04 RCW;
     (c) A regional transit authority authorized under RCW 81.112.030; or
     (d) Projects in excess of one hundred million dollars for counties with a population over one million, for projects administered for public hospitals
)) public construction projects, when the actual or estimated aggregate value of the project, exclusive of insurance and surety costs, exceeds two hundred million dollars. For purposes of applying the two hundred million dollar threshold set forth in this subsection, the term "public construction project" means a project that has a public owner and has phases, segments, or component parts relating to a common geographic site or public transportation system, but does not include the aggregation of unrelated construction projects.
     (7) The exclusions specified in subsection (6) of this section do not apply to surety bonds.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
     (1) 2003 c 323 s 2;
     (2) 2003 c 323 s 3 (uncodified);
     (3) 2003 c 323 s 4 (uncodified);
     (4) RCW 53.08.145 (Insurance -- Determination of risks, hazards, liabilities -- Acquisition of appropriate insurance) and 2000 c 143 s 1; and
     (5) 2000 c 143 s 3 (uncodified).


         Passed by the Senate April 18, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 7, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 9, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 9, 2005.