AN ACT Relating to public works contracts; amending RCW 39.04.010, 39.04.020, 39.04.050, and 39.04.070; and repealing RCW 39.04.090.

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

Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 as last amended by section 1, chapter 98, Laws of 1982 and RCW 39.04.010 are each amended to read as follows:

The term state shall include the state of Washington and all departments, supervisors, commissioners and agencies thereof.

The term municipality shall include every city, county, town, district or other public agency thereof which is authorized by law to require the execution of public work, except drainage districts, diking districts, diking and drainage improvement districts, drainage improvement districts, diking improvement districts, consolidated diking and drainage improvement districts, consolidated drainage improvement districts, consolidated diking improvement districts, irrigation districts or any such other districts as shall from time to time be authorized by law for the reclamation or development of waste or undeveloped lands.

The term public work shall include all work, construction, alteration, ((~~repair,~~)) or improvement other than ((~~ordinary~~)) repairs and maintenance, executed at the cost of the state or of any municipality, or which is by law a lien or charge on any property therein, but nothing herein shall apply to the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any municipal street railway system. All public works, including maintenance or repairs when performed by contract shall comply with the provisions of RCW 39.12.020.

The term contract shall mean a contract in writing for the execution of public work for a fixed or determinable amount duly awarded after advertisement and competitive bid. However, a contract which is awarded from a small works roster under the authority of RCW 39.04.150, 35.22.620, 28B.10.355, and 57.08.050 need not be advertised.

((Cost of superintendence, engineering, clerical and accounting service shall include all expenditures specially incurred for such service, and shall include a proportionate charge for the time of all salaried officers, engineers, clerks, accountants and employees of the state or municipality while engaged in such work or in keeping or preparing the estimates, accounts and records thereof.))

Sec. 2. Section 2, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 as last amended by section 4, chapter 98, Laws of 1982 and RCW 39.04.020 are each amended to read as follows:

Whenever the state, or any municipality shall determine that any public work is necessary to be done it shall cause plans ((~~and/or~~)), specifications, or both thereof and an estimate of the cost of such work to be made and filed in the office of the director, supervisor, commissioner, trustee, board or agency having by law the authority to require such work to be done. The plans, specifications, and estimates of cost shall be approved by the director, supervisor, commissioner, trustee, board, or agency and the original draft or a certified copy filed in such office before further action is taken.

If the state, or such municipality shall determine that it is necessary or advisable that such work shall be executed by any means or method other than by contract, and it shall appear by such estimate that the probable cost of executing such work will exceed the sum of ((~~twenty-five hundred dollars, or twenty-five thousand dollars if such work is let from a small works roster created pursuant to RCW 39.04.150~~)) fifteen thousand dollars, then the state or such municipality shall at least fifteen days before beginning work cause such estimate, together with a description of the work, to be published at least once in a legal newspaper of general circulation published in or as near as possible to that part of the county in which such work is to be done: PROVIDED, That when any emergency shall require the immediate execution of such public work, upon a finding of the existence of such emergency by the authority having power to direct such public work to be done and duly entered of record, publication of description and estimate may be made within seven days after the commencement of the work.

Sec. 3. Section 4, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 and RCW 39.04.050 are each amended to read as follows:

Original estimates shall show in detail the estimated cost of the work; the estimated quantities of each class of work; the estimated unit cost for each class; the estimated total cost for each class; the time limit, allowed for the completion of the work and the estimated dates of commencement and completion. ((Such estimates shall show in detail the estimated total cost of labor, material, provisions, supplies, equipment rentals, equipment purchases, industrial insurance and medical aid, superintendence, engineering, clerical and accounting service, the value of the use of equipment owned by the state or such municipality and other estimated expenses in the execution of such work.))

Sec. 4. Section 6, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 and RCW 39.04.070 are each amended to read as follows:

Whenever the state or any municipality shall execute any public work by any means or method other than by contract, it shall cause to be kept and preserved a full, true and accurate account and record of the costs of executing such work in accordance with the budgeting, accounting, and reporting system provisions of chapter 43.09 RCW.

((Such account and record shall show in accurately tabulated form and under appropriate headings the totals of all classes and kinds of work performed, the total cost and unit cost of each class, together with the costs of executing such work, including, under separate headings, the costs of labor; material; equipment purchased; provisions and supplies; rental of equipment, industrial insurance and medical aid; superintendence; engineering; clerical and accounting service; the reasonable value, including depreciation, of the use of equipment owned by the state or municipality; and all other expenses incurred therein.))

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. Section 8, chapter 183, Laws of 1923 and RCW 39.04.090 are each repealed.