WSR 19-14-026
EMERGENCY RULES
OFFICE OF
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[Filed June 24, 2019, 6:28 p.m., effective July 1, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2019.
Purpose: ESHB 1109 is the state operating budget for fiscal years 2019 – 2021. ESHB 1109 provides a premium pay for those employees who are assigned to work on McNeil Island at the Special Commitment Center, which is funded in section 207. Additionally ESHB 1109, section 950 provides that funding is provided in the operating budget for a five percent premium pay for employees working in King County. (ESHB 1109 is also referred to as chapter 415, Laws of 2019.)
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: New WAC 357-28-203 and 357-58-141.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 415, Laws of 2019.
Under RCW
34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.
Reasons for this Finding: To align Title 357 WAC with the changes made in chapter 415, Laws of 2019.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 24, 2019.
Roselyn Marcus
Assistant Director of
Legal and Legislative Affairs
NEW SECTION
WAC 357-28-203When must an employee receive premium pay?
Premium pay at the rate specified in the compensation plan must be paid when an employee is:
(1) Assigned to work on McNeil Island at the special commitment center and for each day the employee is physically working on the island. Days in paid status not working on the island will not qualify for premium pay; and
(2) Assigned to a permanent duty station in King County.
(a) This subsection does not apply to employees at the University of Washington.
(b) When an employee is no longer permanently assigned to a King County duty station they will not be eligible for this premium pay.
NEW SECTION
WAC 357-58-141When must an employee receive premium pay?
Premium pay at the rate specified in the compensation plan must be paid when an employee is:
(1) Assigned to work on McNeil Island at the special commitment center and for each day the employee is physically working on the island. Days in paid status not working on the island will not qualify for premium pay; and
(2) Assigned to a permanent duty station in King County.
(a) This subsection does not apply to employees at the University of Washington.
(b) When an employee is no longer permanently assigned to a King County duty station they will not be eligible for this premium pay.