CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5696

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 12, 1993   YEAS 41   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 8, 1993   YEAS 98   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5696 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the        House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                     SENATE BILL 5696

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Newhouse and Spanel; by request of Department of Retirement Systems

Read first time 02/10/93.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Authorizing the department of retirement systems to be divided into three divisions.

          AN ACT Relating to divisions of the department of retirement systems; and amending RCW 41.50.050.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 41.50.050 and 1987 c 505 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:

          The director shall:

          (1) Have the authority to organize the department into not more than ((two)) three divisions, each headed by an assistant director;

          (2) Have free access to all files and records of various funds assigned to the department and inspect and audit the files and records as deemed necessary;

          (3) Employ personnel to carry out the general administration of the department;

          (4) Submit an annual written report of the activities of the department to the governor and the chairs of the appropriate legislative committees with one copy to the staff of each of the committees, including recommendations for statutory changes the director believes to be desirable;

          (5) Adopt such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the powers, duties, and functions of the department pursuant to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.

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