Title 39 — Title 39 PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND INDEBTEDNESS
56 chapters · 633 sections in this title.
RCW 39.35D.010 Finding—Intent.
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(1) The legislature finds that public buildings can be built and renovated using high-performance methods that save money, improve school performance, and make workers more productive. High-performance public buildings are proven to increase student test scores, reduce worker abs…
RCW 39.35D.020 Definitions.
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The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Department" means the department of enterprise services.(2) "High-performance public buildings" means high-performance public buildings designed, constructed, and cert…
RCW 39.35D.030 Standards for major facility projects—Annual reports.
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(1) All major facility projects of public agencies receiving any funding in a state capital budget, or projects financed through a financing contract as defined in RCW 39.94.020, must be designed, constructed, and certified to at least the LEED silver standard. This subsection ap…
RCW 39.35D.040 Public school district major facility projects—Standards—Annual reports—Advisory committee.
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(1) All major facility projects of public school districts receiving any funding in a state capital budget must be designed and constructed to at least the LEED silver standard or the Washington sustainable school design protocol. To the extent appropriate LEED silver or Washingt…
RCW 39.35D.050 Annual reports—Submission to legislature.
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On or before January 1, 2009, the department and the superintendent of public instruction shall summarize the reports submitted under RCW 39.35D.030(4) and 39.35D.040(3) and submit the individual reports to the legislative committees on capital budget and ways and means for revie…
RCW 39.35D.060 Guidelines for administration of chapter—Amendment of fee schedules—Architecture and engineering services—Building commissioning—Preproposal conferences—Advisory committee.
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(1)(a) The department, in consultation with affected public agencies, shall develop and issue guidelines for administering this chapter for public agencies. The purpose of the guidelines is to define a procedure and method for employing and verifying activities necessary for cert…
RCW 39.35D.070 Liability for failure to meet standards.
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A member of the design or construction teams may not be held liable for the failure of a major facility project to meet the LEED silver standard or other LEED standard established for the project as long as a good faith attempt was made to achieve the LEED standard set for the pr…
RCW 39.35D.080 Affordable housing projects—Exemption.
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Except as provided in this section, affordable housing projects funded out of the state capital budget are exempt from the provisions of this chapter. On or before July 1, 2008, the department of commerce shall identify, implement, and apply a sustainable building program for aff…
RCW 39.35D.090 Use of local building materials and products—Intent.
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It is the intent and an established goal of the LEED program as authored by the United States green building council to increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured locally, thereby reducing the environmental impacts and to support the l…
RCW 39.35D.100 Water efficient landscaping techniques—Intent—Athletic fields, other project elements—Wildfire ignition resistant landscaping.
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(1)(a) The legislature intends to encourage the use of landscaping design techniques that meet the highest standards for water efficiency in the design and construction of state-funded buildings. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any public agency, public scho…
RCW 39.35D.800 Performance review—Report.
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The joint legislative audit and review committee, or its successor legislative agency, shall conduct a performance review of the high-performance buildings program established under this chapter.(1) The performance audit shall include, but not be limited to:(a) The identification…