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                          HOUSE BILL 2533

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Fisher, Mitchell, Cairnes and Hurst; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time 01/17/2000.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Adjusting civil service exemptions in the department of transportation.

    AN ACT Relating to civil service exemptions in the department of transportation; and amending RCW 41.06.079.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 41.06.079 and 1993 c 281 s 23 are each amended to read as follows:

    In addition to the exemptions set forth in RCW 41.06.070, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the department of transportation to the secretary, ((a)) two deputy ((secretary, an administrative assistant to the secretary, if any)) secretaries, one assistant secretary for each division designated pursuant to RCW 47.01.081, one confidential secretary for each of the above-named officers, up to six transportation ((district)) regional administrators and one confidential secretary for each ((district)) regional administrator, and up to ((six additional new administrators or confidential secretaries)) eighteen other positions designated by the secretary of the department of transportation and approved by the Washington personnel resources board ((pursuant to the provisions of)) under RCW 41.06.070(((1)(z), the legislative liaison for the department, the state construction engineer, the state aid engineer, the personnel manager, the state project development engineer, the state maintenance and operations engineer, one confidential secretary for each of the last-named five positions, and a confidential secretary for the public affairs administrator)) (3).  The individuals appointed under this section shall be exempt from the provisions of the state civil service law, and shall be paid salaries to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the procedure established by law for the fixing of salaries for individuals exempt from the operation of the state civil service law.

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