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HOUSE BILL 1558
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives R. Meyers, R. Fisher, Schmidt, Orr, Hargrove, G. Fisher, Cooper, Zellinsky, Holland, Winsley, Betrozoff and Ludwig; by request of Legislative Transportation Committee.
Read first time February 1, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to the compensation survey for the state patrol; and amending RCW 41.06.167.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 41.06.167 and 1986 c 158 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
The
department of personnel shall undertake comprehensive ((salary and fringe
benefit)) compensation surveys for officers and entry-level
officer candidates of the Washington state patrol, with such surveys to be
conducted in the year prior to the convening of every other one hundred five
day regular session of the state legislature. In the year prior to the
convening of each one hundred five day regular session during which a
comprehensive ((salary and fringe benefit)) compensation survey
is not conducted, the department shall conduct a trend ((salary and fringe
benefit)) compensation survey. This survey shall measure average ((salary
and fringe benefit)) compensation movement which has occurred since
the last comprehensive ((salary and fringe benefit)) compensation
survey was conducted. The results of each comprehensive and trend survey shall
be completed and forwarded by September 30th, after review and ((concurrence))
preparation of recommendations by the chief of the Washington state
patrol, to the governor and director of financial management for their use in
preparing budgets to be submitted to the succeeding legislature. A copy of the
data and supporting documentation shall be furnished by the department of
personnel to the legislative transportation committee and the standing
committees for appropriations of the senate and house of representatives. The
office of financial management shall analyze the survey results and conduct
investigations which may be necessary to arbitrate differences between interested
parties regarding the accuracy of collected survey data and the use of such
data for salary adjustment.
Surveys
conducted by the department of personnel for the Washington state patrol shall
be undertaken in a manner consistent with statistically accurate sampling
techniques, including comparisons of medians, base ranges, and weighted
averages of salaries. The surveys shall compare competitive labor markets
that are most appropriate for the recruitment and retention of law enforcement
officers. This service performed by the department of personnel shall be
on a reimbursable basis in accordance with the provisions of RCW 41.06.080 ((as
now existing or hereafter amended)).
A
comprehensive ((salary and fringe benefits)) compensation survey
plan and the recommendations of the chief of the Washington state patrol
shall be submitted jointly by the department of personnel and the Washington
state patrol to the director of financial management, the legislative
transportation committee, the committee on ways and means of the senate,
and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives six months
before the beginning of each periodic survey.
((The
first comprehensive salary and fringe benefit survey required by this section
shall be completed and forwarded to the governor and the director of financial
management by September 30, 1986. The first trend salary and fringe benefit
survey required by this section shall be completed and forwarded to the
governor and the director of financial management by September 30, 1988.))