FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5233

                          C 122 L 99

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Exempting specified positions within the department of corrections from civil service laws.

Sponsors:  Senators Patterson, Horn, McCaslin, Kline, Gardner, Haugen and Winsley; by request of Department of Corrections.

Senate Committee on Labor & Workforce Development

House Committee on State Government

Background:  In 1997, the Department of Corrections internally reorganized.  The restructuring changed some senior job titles from those listed in current statutes as civil service exempt.  Personal secretaries of deputy secretaries and assistant deputy secretaries are not currently exempt.

Summary:  The titles of the Department of Corrections= positions exempt from coverage of civil service law are updated to reflect current organizational structure.  Exempt status is extended to all deputy secretaries and their personal secretaries, all assistant deputy secretaries and their personal secretaries, all regional administrators and program administrators.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 41 0

House     94 0

Effective:  July 25, 1999