HOUSE BILL NO. 445                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     An Act relating to a rural school construction and                                                                         
     planned maintenance pilot program; and providing for an                                                                    
     effective date.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Representative  J.   Davies  MOVED  to  ADOPT   the  proposed                                                                   
committee substitute,  work draft 1-LS1596\G,  Ford, 4/12/00.                                                                   
There being NO OBJECTION, it was adopted.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
DALE ANDERSON,  STAFF, REPRESENTATIVE  MULDER, discussed  the                                                                   
committee  substitute and  the changes  made to  it from  the                                                                   
original  version  of  the  legislation.   He  observed  that                                                                   
changes had been made in response  to concerns regarding sole                                                                   
source bids.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MARK  PFEFFER,  (TESTIFIED  VIA  TELECONFERENCE),  ARCHITECT,                                                                   
BROOKINGS, OREGON,  spoke in support of the  legislation.  He                                                                   
stressed that  the legislation would streamline  the schedule                                                                   
and produce  savings.  He  stated that the legislation  would                                                                   
allow all the  traditional methods of design  process between                                                                   
architects  and owners  and between  owners and  contractors,                                                                   
while at the same time, allows  for a management process that                                                                   
provides accountability.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Representative  J.  Davies referenced  Line  19,  Page 2.  He                                                                   
questioned if including "price" would be redundant.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Representative   J.  Davies  MOVED   to  delete   the  second                                                                   
occurrence  of "price"  on Line  19, Page 2.  There being  NO                                                                   
OBJECTION, it was adopted.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Vice  Chair  Bunde provided  members  with  an email  from  a                                                                   
constituent regarding  the bill.   [Copy on File].   Co-Chair                                                                   
Mulder noted  that there was  a zero House Finance  Committee                                                                   
fiscal note.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster  MOVED to report CSHB 445  (FIN) out of                                                                   
Committee  with  individual  recommendations   and  with  the                                                                   
accompanying fiscal  note.  There being NO  OBJECTION, it was                                                                   
so ordered.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CS  HB  445   (FIN)  was  reported  out  of   Committee  with                                                                   
"individual recommendations" and  with a new zero fiscal note                                                                   
by the House Finance Committee.