The director of general administration may
assess a charge or rent against each state board, commission,
agency, office, department, activity, or other occupant or user
for payment of a proportionate share of costs for occupancy of
buildings, structures, or facilities including but not limited to
all costs of acquiring, constructing, operating, and maintaining
such buildings, structures, or facilities and the repair,
remodeling, or furnishing thereof and for the rendering of any
service or the furnishing or providing of any supplies,
equipment, historic furnishings, or materials.
The director of general administration may recover the full
costs including appropriate overhead charges of the foregoing by
periodic billings as determined by the director including but not
limited to transfers upon accounts and advancements into the
general administration services account. Charges related to the
rendering of real estate services under RCW 43.82.010 and to the
operation and maintenance of public and historic facilities at
the state capitol, as defined in RCW 79.24.710, shall be
allocated separately from other charges assessed under this
section. Rates shall be established by the director of general
administration after consultation with the director of financial
management. The director of general administration may allot,
provide, or furnish any of such facilities, structures, services,
equipment, supplies, or materials to any other public service
type occupant or user at such rates or charges as are equitable
and reasonably reflect the actual costs of the services provided:
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the legislature, its duly constituted
committees, interim committees and other committees shall be
exempted from the provisions of this section.
Upon receipt of such bill, each entity, occupant, or user
shall cause a warrant or check in the amount thereof to be drawn
in favor of the department of general administration which shall
be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general
administration services account unless the director of financial
management has authorized another method for payment of costs.
Beginning July 1, 1995, the director of general
administration shall assess a capital projects surcharge upon
each agency or other user occupying a facility owned and managed
by the department of general administration in Thurston county,
excluding state capitol public and historic facilities, as
defined in RCW 79.24.710. The capital projects surcharge does
not apply to agencies or users that agree to pay all future
repairs, improvements, and renovations to the buildings they
occupy and a proportional share, as determined by the office of
financial management, of all other campus repairs, installations,
improvements, and renovations that provide a benefit to the
buildings they occupy or that have an agreement with the
department of general administration that contains a charge for a
similar purpose, including but not limited to RCW 43.01.091, in
an amount greater than the capital projects surcharge. Beginning
July 1, 2002, the capital projects surcharge does not apply to
department of services for the blind vendors who operate
cafeteria services in facilities owned and managed by the
department of general administration; the department shall
consider this space to be a common area for purposes of
allocating the capital projects surcharge to other building
tenants beginning July 1, 2003. The director, after consultation
with the director of financial management, shall adopt
differential capital project surcharge rates to reflect the
differences in facility type and quality. The initial payment
structure for this surcharge shall be one dollar per square foot
per year. The surcharge shall increase over time to an amount
that when combined with the facilities and service charge equals
the market rate for similar types of lease space in the area or
equals five dollars per square foot per year, whichever is less.
The capital projects surcharge shall be in addition to other
charges assessed under this section. Proceeds from the capital
projects surcharge shall be deposited into the Thurston county
capital facilities account created in RCW 43.19.501.
[2005 c 330 § 5; 2002 c 162 § 1; 1998 c 105 § 5; 1994 c 219 § 16; 1991 sp.s. c 31 § 10; 1979 c 151 § 81; 1973 1st ex.s. c 82 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 159 § 1; 1965 c 8 § 43.01.090. Prior: (i) 1951 c 131 § 1; 1941 c 228 § 1; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10964-30. (ii) 1951 c 131 § 1; 1941 c 228 § 2; Rem. Supp. 1941 § 10964-31.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 1998 c 105: See note following RCW 43.19.025.
Findings -- Purpose -- 1994 c 219: "The legislature finds that there is inequitable distribution among state programs of capital costs associated with maintaining and rehabilitating state facilities. The legislature finds that there are insufficient available resources to support even minor capital improvements other than debt financing. The legislature further finds that little attention is focused on efficient facility management because in many cases capital costs are not factored into the ongoing process of allocating state resources. The purpose of sections 16 through 18, chapter 219, Laws of 1994 is to create a mechanism to distribute capital costs among the agencies and programs occupying facilities owned and managed by the department of general administration in Thurston county that will foster increased accountability for facility decisions and more efficient use of the facilities." [1994 c 219 § 15.]
Finding -- 1994 c 219: See note following RCW 43.88.030.
Severability -- 1991 sp.s. c 31: See RCW 43.99I.900.
Effective date -- 1973 1st ex.s. c 82: "This 1973 amendatory act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1973." [1973 1st ex.s. c 82 § 2.]
Agricultural commodity commissions exempt: RCW 15.04.200.
General administration services account: RCW 43.19.500.
Housing for state offices, departments, and institutions: Chapter 43.82 RCW.