43.19.710 - Consolidated mail service -- Definitions. - Washington Statutes

Consolidated mail service — Definitions.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 43.19.715.

     (1) "Consolidated mail service" means incoming, outgoing, and internal mail processing.

     (2) "Department" means the department of general administration.

     (3) "Director" means the director of the department of general administration.

     (4) "Agency" means:

     (a) The office of the governor; and

     (b) Any office, department, board, commission, or other separate unit or division, however designated, of the state government, together with all personnel thereof: Upon which the statutes confer powers and impose duties in connection with operations of either a governmental or proprietary nature; and that has as its chief executive officer a person or combination of persons such as a commission, board, or council, by law empowered to operate it, responsible either to: (i) No other public officer or (ii) the governor.

     (5) "Incoming mail" means mail, packages, or similar items received by an agency, through the United States postal service, private carrier services, or other courier services.

     (6) "Outgoing mail" means mail, packages, or similar items processed for agencies to be sent through the United States postal service, private carrier services, or other courier services.

     (7) "Internal mail" means interagency mail, packages, or similar items that are delivered or to be delivered to a state agency, the legislature, the supreme court, or the court of appeals, and their officers and employees.

[1993 c 219 § 2.]

Notes: Intent -- 1993 c 219: "It is the intent of the legislature to consolidate mail functions for state government in a manner that will provide timely, effective, efficient, and less-costly mail service for state government." [1993 c 219 § 1.]

Effective date -- 1993 c 219: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1993." [1993 c 219 § 6.]