BILL REQ. #:  H-4995.2 

Read first time 02/13/08.   Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

     AN ACT Relating to the general administration services and revolving accounts; amending RCW 43.19.025, 39.32.035, 39.32.040, 39.35.060, 43.19.1923, 43.19.1925, 43.19.500, 43.19.610, 43.19.615, and 43.82.125; adding a new section to chapter 43.19 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.19.025 and 2002 c 332 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The general administration services account is created in ((the custody of)) the state ((treasurer and shall be used for all activities previously budgeted and accounted for in the following internal service funds: The motor transport account, the general administration management fund, the general administration facilities and services revolving fund, the central stores revolving fund, the surplus property purchase revolving fund, and the energy efficiency services account. Only the director or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to the allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.)) treasury. All receipts from agency billings for activities funded from this account must be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may only be used for services provided to state agencies including buildings and grounds, campus facilities, lease renewal, commute trip reduction, campus utilities, and associated administrative costs.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW to read as follows:
     The general administration revolving account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from agency billings for activities funded from this account must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the motor transport account, the general administration management fund, the general administration facilities and services revolving fund, the central stores revolving fund, the surplus property revolving fund, and the energy efficiency services account. Only the director of general administration or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

Sec. 3   RCW 39.32.035 and 1998 c 105 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be administered by the director of general administration and be used for the purchase, lease or other acquisition from time to time of surplus property from any federal, state, or local government surplus property disposal agency. The director may purchase, lease or acquire such surplus property on the requisition of an eligible donee and without such requisition at such time or times as he or she deems it advantageous to do so; and in either case he or she shall be responsible for the care and custody of the property purchased so long as it remains in his or her possession.

Sec. 4   RCW 39.32.040 and 1998 c 105 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     In purchasing federal surplus property on requisition for any eligible donee the director may advance the purchase price thereof from the general administration ((services)) revolving account, and he or she shall then in due course bill the proper eligible donee for the amount paid by him or her for the property plus a reasonable amount to cover the expense incurred by him or her in connection with the transaction. In purchasing surplus property without requisition, the director shall be deemed to take title outright and he or she shall then be authorized to resell from time to time any or all of such property to such eligible donees as desire to avail themselves of the privilege of purchasing. All moneys received in payment for surplus property from eligible donees shall be deposited by the director in the general administration ((services)) revolving account. The director shall sell federal surplus property to eligible donees at a price sufficient only to reimburse the general administration ((services)) revolving account for the cost of the property to the account, plus a reasonable amount to cover expenses incurred in connection with the transaction. Where surplus property is transferred to an eligible donee without cost to the transferee, the director may impose a reasonable charge to cover expenses incurred in connection with the transaction. The governor, through the director of general administration, shall administer the surplus property program in the state and shall perform or supervise all those functions with respect to the program, its agencies and instrumentalities.

Sec. 5   RCW 39.35.060 and 2001 c 292 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department may impose fees upon affected public agencies for the review of life-cycle cost analyses. The fees shall be deposited in the general administration ((services)) revolving account. The purpose of the fees is to recover the costs by the department for review of the analyses. The department shall set fees at a level necessary to recover all of its costs related to increasing the energy efficiency of state-supported new construction. The fees shall not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total cost of any project or exceed two thousand dollars for any project unless mutually agreed to. The department shall provide detailed calculation ensuring that the energy savings resulting from its review of life-cycle cost analysis justify the costs of performing that review.

Sec. 6   RCW 43.19.1923 and 2001 c 292 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be used for the purchase of supplies and equipment handled or rented through central stores, and the payment of salaries, wages, and other costs incidental to the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of the central stores, and other activities connected therewith, which shall include utilities services. The account shall be credited with all receipts from the rental, sale, or distribution of supplies, equipment, and services rendered to the various state agencies. Central stores, utilities services, and other activities within the general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be treated as separate operating entities for financial and accounting control. Financial records involving the general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be designed to provide data for achieving maximum effectiveness and economy of each individual activity within the account.

Sec. 7   RCW 43.19.1925 and 1998 c 105 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     To supply such funds as may be necessary for making combined purchases of items or services of common use by central stores, state agencies shall, upon request of the division of purchasing, from time to time, make advance payments into the general administration ((services)) revolving account from funds regularly appropriated to them for the procurement of supplies, equipment, and services: PROVIDED, That advance payment for services shall be on a quarterly basis: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any person, firm or corporation other than central stores rendering services for which advance payments are made shall deposit cash or furnish surety bond coverage to the state in an amount as shall be fixed by law, or if not fixed by law, then in such amounts as shall be fixed by the director of the department of general administration. Any such bond so furnished shall be conditioned that the person, firm or corporation receiving the advance payment will apply it toward performance of the contract. Funds so advanced to central stores shall be used only for the combined procurement, storage, and delivery of such stocks of supplies, equipment, and services as are requisitioned by the agency and shall be offset and repaid to the respective state agencies by an equivalent value in merchandise supplied and charged out from time to time from central stores. Within the general administration revolving account, costs of operation of central stores may be recovered by charging as part of the value of materials, supplies, or services an amount sufficient to cover the costs of operating central stores.

Sec. 8   RCW 43.19.500 and 2005 c 330 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     The general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be used by the department of general administration for the payment of certain costs, expenses, and charges, as specified in this section, incurred by it in the operation and administration of the department in the rendering of services, the furnishing or supplying of equipment, supplies and materials, and for providing or allocating facilities, including the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, or furnishings thereof to other agencies, offices, departments, activities, and other entities enumerated in RCW 43.01.090 and including the rendering of services in acquiring real estate under RCW 43.82.010 and the operation and maintenance of public and historic facilities at the state capitol, as defined in RCW 79.24.710. The department shall treat the rendering of services in acquiring real estate and the operation and maintenance of state capitol public and historic facilities as separate operating entities within the account for financial accounting and control.
     The schedule of services, facilities, equipment, supplies, materials, maintenance, rehabilitation, furnishings, operations, and administration to be so financed and recovered shall be determined jointly by the director of general administration and the director of financial management, in equitable amounts which, together with any other income or appropriation, will provide the department of general administration with funds to meet its anticipated expenditures during any allotment period.
     The director of general administration may adopt rules governing the provisions of RCW 43.01.090 and this section and the relationships and procedures between the department of general administration and such other entities.

Sec. 9   RCW 43.19.610 and 1998 c 105 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
     All moneys, funds, proceeds, and receipts as provided in RCW 43.19.615 and as may otherwise be provided by law shall be paid into the general administration ((services)) revolving account. Disbursements therefrom shall be made in accordance with the provisions of RCW 43.19.560 through 43.19.630, 43.41.130 and 43.41.140 as authorized by the director or a duly authorized representative and as may be provided by law.

Sec. 10   RCW 43.19.615 and 2005 c 214 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The director of general administration shall deposit in the general administration ((services)) revolving account all receipts, including the initial transfer of automobile pool capital from the highway equipment fund and any other funds transferred, rentals or other fees and charges for transportation services furnished, proceeds from the sale of surplus or replaced property under the control of the supervisor of motor transport and other income, and from which shall be paid operating costs, including salaries and wages, administrative expense, overhead, the cost of replacement vehicles, additional passenger vehicles, and any other expenses.

Sec. 11   RCW 43.82.125 and 1998 c 105 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
     The general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be used to pay all costs incurred by the department in the operation of real estate managed under the terms of this chapter. Moneys received into the general administration ((services)) revolving account shall be used to pay rent to the owner of the space for occupancy of which the charges have been made and to pay utility and operational costs of the space utilized by the occupying agency: PROVIDED, That moneys received into the account for occupancy of space owned by the state where utilities and other operational costs are covered by appropriation to the department of general administration shall be immediately transmitted to the general fund.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 12   This act takes effect July 1, 2009.