It appears that Washington State's Capital Projects Advisory Review Board (CPARB) may escape the budget ax that will fall on so many other state boards and commissions.
HB 2617 originally listed CPARB as one of the boards to be cut, but a substitute bill that passed out of the House Committee on State Government and Tribal Affairs on January 26, 2010 has CPARB removed from the hit list.
In the Senate, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. to consider the Senate companion bill, SB 6426, that does call for CPARB's elimination. The staff report to SB 6426 discusses a Senate substitute bill and the report does not list CPARB as one of the boards to be eliminated. The substitute bill will probably be available online sometime on February 8, 2010.
It appears that the House and Senate substitute bills are moving forward, and if approved, these will keep CPARB in existence. CPARB has been a valuable forum for all members of the public construction community to discuss tools for ensuring fair, efficient, and equitable contracting practices. Stay tuned for more updates.
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