CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2305

Chapter 218, Laws of 2012

62nd Legislature
2012 Regular Session



PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS--CONTRACTS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/07/12

Passed by the House February 1, 2012
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 1, 2012
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2305 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 30, 2012, 11:37 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 30, 2012







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2305
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Passed Legislature - 2012 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2012 Regular Session

By Representatives Angel, Takko, and Green

Read first time 01/11/12.   Referred to Committee on Local Government.



     AN ACT Relating to contracts with community service organizations for public improvements; and amending RCW 35.21.278.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 35.21.278 and 1988 c 233 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Without regard to competitive bidding laws for public works, a county, city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, port district, or park and recreation service area may contract with a chamber of commerce, a service organization, a community, youth, or athletic association, or other similar association located and providing service in the immediate neighborhood, for drawing design plans, making improvements to a park, school playground, ((or)) public square, or port habitat site, installing equipment or artworks, or providing maintenance services for ((the)) a facility or facilities as a community or neighborhood project, or environmental stewardship project, and may reimburse the contracting association its expense. The contracting association may use volunteers in the project and provide the volunteers with clothing or tools; meals or refreshments; accident/injury insurance coverage; and reimbursement of their expenses. The consideration to be received by the public entity through the value of the improvements, artworks, equipment, or maintenance shall have a value at least equal to three times that of the payment to the contracting association. All payments made by a public entity under the authority of this section for all such contracts in any one year shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars or two dollars per resident within the boundaries of the public entity, whichever is greater.
     (2) A county, city, town, school district, metropolitan park district, park and recreation district, or park and recreation service area may ratify an agreement, which qualifies under subsection (1) of this section and was made before June 9, 1988.


         Passed by the House February 1, 2012.
         Passed by the Senate March 1, 2012.
         Approved by the Governor March 30, 2012.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 30, 2012.