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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3781

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Peterson and Patterson; by Washington State Patrol request)

Read first time 2/14/85.

AN ACT Relating to the Washington state patrol; amending RCW 43.43.330; and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 43.43.330, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 1, chapter 20, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 43.43.330 are each amended to read as follows:

          Appropriate examinations shall be conducted for the promotion of commissioned patrol officers to the rank of sergeant and lieutenant.  The examinations shall be prepared and conducted under the supervision of the chief of the Washington state patrol, who shall cause at least thirty days written notice thereof to be given to all patrol officers eligible for such examinations.  Examinations shall be given once every ((three)) two years, or whenever the eligible list becomes exhausted as the case may be.  After the giving of each such examination a new eligible list shall be compiled replacing any existing eligible list for such rank.  Only grades attained in the last examination given for a particular rank shall be used in compiling each eligible list therefor.  The chief, or in his discretion a committee of three individuals appointed by him, shall prepare and conduct the examinations, and thereafter grade and evaluate them in accordance with the following provisions, or factors:  For promotion to the rank of lieutenant; (1) Service rating forty percent; (2) written examination thirty percent; (3) oral examination and interview twenty percent; (4) personnel record ten percent:  For promotion to the rank of sergeant; (1) Service rating fifty percent; (2) written examination fifty percent.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.