(1) The commissioner is authorized to adopt rules to implement RCW 50.40.065, including but not limited to authority to establish (a) a nonrefundable application fee of not more than five hundred dollars to be paid by each entity seeking to establish or renew qualification as a vendor in good standing, pursuant to RCW 43.19.531 and 50.40.065; (b) a fee of not more than two percent of the face amount of any contract awarded under chapter 136, Laws of 2003; or (c) both fees identified in (a) and (b) of this subsection.

     (2) The fee or fees established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must set a level of revenue sufficient to recover costs incurred by the department of general administration in fulfilling the duties identified in RCW 43.19.531 and the governor's committee on disability issues and employment in fulfilling the duties identified in RCW 50.40.065.

     (3) The vendors in good standing account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the fee or fees established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purpose described in subsection (2) of this section. Expenditures from the account may be authorized only upon the approval of both the director of the department of general administration and the commissioner, or their respective designees. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.

     (4) This section expires December 31, 2009, and any unencumbered funds remaining in the vendors in good standing account on that date shall revert to the general fund.

[2005 c 204 § 7; 2003 c 136 § 8.]