HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 549

BYRepresentatives Belcher, H. Sommers, Allen, Sayan, Locke, J. Williams, Betrozoff, Unsoeld and May; by request of Washington Centennial Commission

Authorizing a deputy executive secretary of the Washington centennial commission.

House Committe on State Government

Majority Report:     Do Pass.  (7)

     Signed by Representatives H. Sommers, Chair; Peery, Vice Chair; Baugher, Hankins, O'Brien, Sayan and Walk.

House Staff:Pam Madson (786-7135)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 12, 1987

BACKGROUND:

The 1989 Washington Centennial Commission, created in 1982, is authorized to employ staff subject to legislative appropriation or grant.  The commission currently has a staff of eight employees, two of whom are exempt from state civil service.  Under state personnel law, the director or executive director of an agency and his or her confidential secretary are exempt from civil service.

Assistant or deputy directors or deputy executive secretaries are exempt from civil service for other boards or commissions such as the Arts Commission, Hospital Commission, Investment Board, and the Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation.

SUMMARY:

The position of deputy executive secretary for the 1989 Washington Centennial Commission is exempt from civil service.

EFFECT OF SENATE AMENDMENT(S):  This exempt position shall expire on December 31, 1989, rather than 1993.

Fiscal Note:    Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:     Ralph Munro, Secretary of State.

House Committee - Testified Against: None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:     The personnel committee of the Centennial Commission recommended that, in addition to the director, a policy person on the commission should also be exempted from civil service.

House Committee - Testimony Against: None Presented.

VOTE ON FINAL PASSAGE:

     Yeas 96; Excused 2

Excused:   Representatives Hankins and Nealey