CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1857

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 8, 1993   Yeas 97   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 5, 1993   Yeas 36   Nays 5

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1857 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1857

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Shin, Brumsickle, L. Johnson, Wood and Romero; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Read first time 02/12/93.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Changing travel expense provisions for prospective employees of institutions of higher education.

          AN ACT Relating to travel expenses of prospective higher education employees; and amending RCW 43.03.130.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  RCW 43.03.130 and 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 34 s 96 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any state office, commission, department or institution may agree to pay the travel expenses of a prospective employee as an inducement for such applicant to travel to a designated place to be interviewed by and for the convenience of such agency:  PROVIDED, That if such employment is to be in the classified service, such offer may be made only on the express authorization of the state department of personnel, or other corresponding personnel agency as provided by chapter 41.06 RCW, to applicants reporting for a merit system examination or to applicants from an eligible register reporting for a pre-employment interview.  Travel expenses authorized for prospective employees called for interviews shall be payable at rates in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.  When an applicant is called to be interviewed by or on behalf of more than one agency, the authorized travel expenses may be paid directly by the authorizing personnel department or agency, subject to reimbursement from the interviewing agencies on a pro rata basis.

          In the case of both classified and exempt positions, such travel expenses will be paid only for applicants being considered for the positions of director, deputy director, assistant director, or supervisor of state departments, boards or commissions; or equivalent or higher positions; or engineers, or other personnel having both executive and professional status.  In the case of four-year institutions of higher education, such travel expenses will be paid only for applicants being considered for academic positions above the rank of instructor or professional or administrative employees in supervisory positions.  In the case of community and technical colleges, such travel expenses may be paid for applicants being considered for full-time faculty positions or administrative employees in supervisory positions.

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