43.17.320 - Interagency disputes -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Definitions.

Interagency disputes — Alternative dispute resolution — Definitions.

For purposes of RCW 43.17.320 through 43.17.340, "state agency" means:

     (1) Any agency for which the executive officer is listed in *RCW 42.17.2401(1); and

     (2) The office of the secretary of state; the office of the state treasurer; the office of the state auditor; the department of natural resources; the office of the insurance commissioner; and the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

[1993 c 279 § 2.]

Notes: *Reviser's note: RCW 42.17.2401 was recodified as RCW 42.17A.705 pursuant to 2010 c 204 § 1102, effective January 1, 2012.

Intent -- 1993 c 279: "It is the intent of the legislature to reduce the number of time-consuming and costly lawsuits between state agencies by establishing alternative dispute resolution processes available to any agency." [1993 c 279 § 1.]