Title 43, STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE

(1) State agencies, boards, commissions, and institutions of higher education requiring the services of a print shop may use public printing services provided by the department. If a print job is put out for bid, the department must be included in the bid solicitation. All solici…

For every printing job and binding job ordered by a state agency, the agency shall consult with the department on how to choose more economic and efficient options to reduce costs. [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 311.] Notes: Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.s. c 43: See notes followin…

To improve the efficiency and minimize the costs of agency-based printing, the department shall establish rules and guidelines for all agencies to use in managing their printing operations, including both agency-based printing and those jobs that require the services of a print s…

(1) The department shall consult with the office of financial management and state agencies to more efficiently manage the use of envelopes by standardizing them to the extent feasible given the business needs of state agencies. (2) All state agencies with total annual average fu…

All printing, binding, and stationery work done for any state agency, county, city, town, port district, or school district in this state shall be done within the state, and all proposals, requests, or invitations to submit bids, prices, or contracts thereon, and all contracts fo…

No bill or claim for any such work shall be allowed by any officer of a state agency or public corporation or be paid out of its funds, unless it appears that the work was executed within the state or that the execution thereof within the state could not have been procured, or pr…

All contracts for such work to be done outside the state shall require that it be executed under conditions of employment which shall substantially conform to the laws of this state respecting hours of labor, the minimum wage scale, and the rules and regulations of the department…

Nothing in RCW 43.19.748, 43.19.751, and 43.19.754 shall be construed as requiring any public official to accept any such work of inferior quality or workmanship. [ 2015 c 225 s 70; 1965 c 8 s 43.78.160. Prior: 1919 c 80 s 4; RRS s 10338. Formerly RCW 43.78.160.] Notes:

It is the policy of the state for the management of risks to which it is exposed to apply the following principles consistently in a state program of risk management: (1) To identify those liability and property risks which may have a significant economic impact on the state; (2)…

As used in chapter 43, Laws of 2011 1st sp. sess.: (1) "Department" means the department of enterprise services; (2) "Director" means the director of enterprise services; (3) "Risk management" means the total effort and continuous step by step process of risk identification, meas…

There is hereby created an office of risk management within the department of enterprise services. The director shall implement the risk management policy in RCW 43.19.760 through the office of risk management. The director shall appoint a risk manager to supervise the office of …

As a means of providing for the procurement of insurance and bonds on a volume rate basis, the director shall purchase or contract for the needs of state agencies in relation to all such insurance and bonds: PROVIDED, That authority to purchase insurance may be delegated to state…

The director, through the office of risk management, may purchase, or contract for the purchase of, property and liability insurance for any municipality upon request of the municipality. As used in this section, "municipality" means any city, town, county, special purpose distri…

The director, through the office of risk management, shall receive and enforce bonds posted pursuant to *RCW 39.59.010 (3) and (4). [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 505; 2002 c 332 s 8; 1988 c 281 s 6. Formerly RCW 43.41.330, 43.19.19367.] Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 39.59.010 was amended…

The department shall conduct periodic actuarial studies to determine the amount of money needed to adequately fund the liability account. [ 2011 1st sp.s. c 43 s 506; 2002 c 332 s 9; 1989 c 419 s 11. Formerly RCW 43.41.340, 43.19.19369.] Notes: Effective date—Purpose—2011 1st sp.…

(1) The office of risk management shall establish a coordinated safety and loss control program to reduce liability exposure, safeguard state assets, and reduce costs associated with state liability and property losses. (2) State agencies shall provide top management support and …

(1) In consultation with the department and upon delegation, a state agency shall appoint a loss prevention review team when the death of a person, serious injury to a person, or other substantial loss is alleged or suspected to be caused at least in part by the actions of a stat…

(1) The final report from the state agency's loss prevention review team to the director shall be made public by the director promptly after review, and shall be subject to public disclosure. The final report shall be subject to discovery in a civil or administrative proceeding. …

The director shall: (1) Fix the amount of bond to be given by each appointive state officer and each employee of the state in all cases where it is not fixed by law; (2) Require the giving of an additional bond, or a bond in a greater amount than provided by law, in all cases whe…

(1) Following the inspection required under RCW 43.19.1919 and prior to transferring ownership of a department-owned vessel, the department shall obtain the following from the transferee: (a) The purposes for which the transferee intends to use the vessel; and (b) Information dem…

The office of financial management shall provide by administrative regulation for the maintenance of an inventory of all state owned or controlled land resources by all state agencies owning or controlling land. That office shall cooperate with the state departments and agencies …

(1) The department of general administration is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred to the department of enterprise services. All references to the director or department of general administration in the Revised Code of Washington shall be const…

(1) The public printer is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions, to the extent provided in chapter 43, Laws of 2011 1st sp. sess., are transferred to the department of enterprise services. All references to the public printer in the Revised Code of Washington sha…

(1) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of information services as set forth in RCW * 43.19.791, ** 43.19.794, and ***section 614 of this act are hereby transferred to the department of enterprise services. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, f…

(1) Those powers, duties, and functions of the department of personnel being transferred to the department of enterprise services as set forth in Part IV, chapter 43, Laws of 2011 1st sp. sess. are hereby transferred to the department of enterprise services. (2)(a) All reports, d…

(1) The powers, duties, and functions of the office of financial management as set forth in Part V, chapter 43, Laws of 2011 1st sp. sess. are hereby transferred to the department of enterprise services. (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or wr…