EXECUTIVE ORDER  81-20

Approval of Remodeling and Renovation Plans

It is the responsibility of state government to have an efficient, accountable, economical method of providing acceptable work space for its agencies.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, John Spellman, Governor of the state of Washington, by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby order that effective immediately all agency plans to expend funds for the purpose of remodeling, renovating or furnishing non-institutional state offices and related space are subject to the approval of the Director of General Administration. Agencies must secure such approval from the Director prior to committing to any such expenditures.

I have directed the Director of General Administration to establish and implement procedures to control the plans and related costs of the various agencies' office remodeling and renovation projects. He will execute this directive under the provisions of RCW 43.19.450, RCW 43.82.010, and section 33, Chapter 143, Laws of 1981.

The following agencies are excluded from the provisions of this Executive Order: the University of Washington; the Washington State University; the State Liquor Control Board, for retail liquor stores and for warehouses; the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Fisheries, the Department of Game, the Department of Transportation, and the State Parks and Recreation Commission, for other than office and warehouse uses; and the state college and regional universities, for research or experimental purposes.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the State of
Washington to be affixed at Olympia this
17th day of November A.D., Nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

John Spellman
Governor of Washington

BY THE GOVERNOR:



Secretary of State