Drafter
Clerk 03/12/2010
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to public contracts; and amending Ordinance 14823, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.19.020.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14823, Section 3, as amended, and K.C.C. 12.19.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Contract" means an agreement to perform services or provide tangible personal property as defined in K.C.C. 4.16.010 that entails a legally binding obligation of twenty-five thousand dollars or more. "Contract" does not include the following: noncompetitive human services contracts; a contract between a contract-awarding authority and a public entity; a contract for the purchase, lease or rent of real estate; or a collective bargaining agreement.
B. "Noncompetitive human services contracts" means any contract involving more than twenty-five thousand dollars for department of community and human services or public health - Seattle and King County that is noncompetitive, does not have to be advertised and is not processed by the procurement and contract services section of the finance and business operations division.
C. "Contract-awarding authority" means the county officer, department, commission, employee or board authorized to enter into or to administer contracts on behalf of the county.
((C.)) D. "Domestic partner" means any person who is a domestic partner as defined in K.C.C. 3.12.010 and is registered with the employee's employer as the employee's domestic partner or, in the absence of such an employer-provided registry, is registered as a domestic partner with a governmental body in accordance with state or local law authorizing the registration. Any internal employer registry of domestic partnership must comply with the criteria for domestic partnerships specified by the executive by administrative rule.
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