CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5620



60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 6, 2007
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 30, 2007
  YEAS 94   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5620 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5620
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senator Fairley

Read first time 01/25/2007.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to the civil service commissions for sheriffs' offices; and amending RCW 41.14.050.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 41.14.050 and 1979 ex.s. c 153 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     Immediately after appointment the commission shall organize by electing one of its members ((chairman)) as chair and shall hold regular meetings at least once a month, and such additional meetings as may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.
     ((It)) The commission shall appoint a chief examiner who shall also serve as secretary of the commission and such assistants as may be necessary. The commission has supervisory responsibility over the chief examiner. The chief examiner shall keep the records for the commission, preserve all reports made to it, superintend and keep a record of all examinations held under its direction, and perform such other duties as the commission may prescribe.
     The chief examiner shall be appointed as a result of competitive examination, which examination must be open to all properly qualified citizens of the county: PROVIDED, That no appointee of the commission, either as chief examiner or as an assistant to the chief examiner, shall be an employee of the sheriff's department. The chief examiner may be subject to suspension, reduction, or discharge in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as are provided in the case of members of the classified service.

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