AN ACT
Relating to the commission on Asian Pacific American affairs; amending RCW
43.117.010, 43.117.020, 43.117.030, 43.117.070, 43.117.080, and 49.04.100; and
reenacting and amending RCW 43.03.028.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
43.03.028 and 1993 c 281 s 45 and 1993 c 101 s 14 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(1)
There is hereby created a state committee on agency officials' salaries to
consist of seven members, or their designees, as follows: The president of the
University of Puget Sound; the chairperson of the council of presidents of the
state's four-year institutions of higher education; the chairperson of the
Washington personnel resources board; the president of the Association of
Washington Business; the president of the Pacific Northwest Personnel Managers'
Association; the president of the Washington State Bar Association; and the
president of the Washington State Labor Council. If any of the titles or
positions mentioned in this subsection are changed or abolished, any person
occupying an equivalent or like position shall be qualified for appointment by
the governor to membership upon the committee.
(2)
The committee shall study the duties and salaries of the directors of the
several departments and the members of the several boards and commissions of
state government, who are subject to appointment by the governor or whose
salaries are fixed by the governor, and of the chief executive officers of the
following agencies of state government:
The
arts commission; the human rights commission; the board of accountancy; the
board of pharmacy; the eastern Washington historical society; the Washington
state historical society; the interagency committee for outdoor recreation; the
criminal justice training commission; the department of personnel; the state
finance committee; the state library; the traffic safety commission; the horse
racing commission; the advisory council on vocational education; the public
disclosure commission; the state conservation commission; the commission on
Hispanic affairs; the commission on Asian((-)) Pacific American
affairs; the state board for volunteer fire fighters; the transportation
improvement board; the public employment relations commission; the forest
practices appeals board; and the energy facilities site evaluation council.
The
committee shall report to the governor or the chairperson of the appropriate
salary fixing authority at least once in each fiscal biennium on such date as
the governor may designate, but not later than seventy-five days prior to the
convening of each regular session of the legislature during an odd-numbered
year, its recommendations for the salaries to be fixed for each position.
(3)
Committee members shall be reimbursed by the department of personnel for travel
expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
Sec.
2. RCW
43.117.010 and 1983 c 119 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The
legislature declares that the public policy of this state is to insure equal
opportunity for all of its citizens. The legislature finds that Asian((-))
Pacific Americans have unique and special problems. It is the purpose
of this chapter to improve the well-being of Asian((-)) Pacific
Americans by insuring their access to participation in the fields of
government, business, education, and other areas. The legislature is
particularly concerned with the plight of those Asian((-)) Pacific
Americans who, for economic, linguistic, or cultural reasons, find themselves
disadvantaged or isolated from American society and the benefits of equal
opportunity. The legislature further finds that it is necessary to aid Asian((-))
Pacific Americans in obtaining governmental services in order to promote
the health, safety, and welfare of all the residents of this state. Therefore
the legislature deems it necessary to create a commission to carry out the
purposes of this chapter.
Sec.
3. RCW
43.117.020 and 1974 ex.s. c 140 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
As
used in this chapter unless the context indicates otherwise:
(1)
"Asian((-)) Pacific Americans" include persons ((primarily))
of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, ((or)) Korean ((ancestry;
"Asian-Americans" also include persons of)), Samoan,
Guamanian, Thai, Viet-Namese, Cambodian, Laotian, and other ((Far
East or)) South East Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Island
ancestry.
(2)
"Commission" means the Washington state commission on Asian((‑))
Pacific American affairs in the office of the governor.
Sec.
4. RCW
43.117.030 and 1974 ex.s. c 140 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
There
is established a Washington state commission on Asian((-)) Pacific
American affairs in the office of the governor. The now existing
Asian-American advisory council shall become the commission upon enactment of
this chapter. The council may transfer all office equipment, including files
and records to the commission.
Sec.
5. RCW
43.117.070 and 1974 ex.s. c 140 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The commission shall examine and define issues pertaining to the rights and
needs of Asian((-)) Pacific Americans, and make recommendations
to the governor and state agencies with respect to desirable changes in program
and law.
(2)
The commission shall further advise such state government agencies on the
development and implementation of comprehensive and coordinated policies,
plans, and programs focusing on the special problems and needs of Asian((-))
Pacific Americans.
(3)
Each state department and agency shall provide appropriate and reasonable
assistance to the commission as needed in order that the commission may carry
out the purposes of this chapter.
Sec.
6. RCW
43.117.080 and 1974 ex.s. c 140 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
In
carrying out its duties, the commission may establish such relationships with
local governments and private industry as may be needed to promote equal
opportunity and benefits to Asian((-)) Pacific Americans in
government, education, economic development, employment, and services.
Sec.
7. RCW
49.04.100 and 1990 c 72 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Joint
apprenticeship programs entered into under authority of chapter 49.04 RCW and
which receive any state assistance in instructional or other costs, shall
include entrance of women and racial minorities in such program, when
available, in a ratio not less than the percentage of the minority race and
female (minority and nonminority) labor force in the program sponsor's labor
market area, based on current census figures issued by the office of financial
management with the ultimate goal of obtaining the proportionate ratio of
representation in the total program membership. Where minimum standards have
been set for entering upon any such apprenticeship program, this woman and
racial minority representation shall be filled when women and racial minority
applicants have met such minimum standards and irrespective of individual
ranking among all applicants seeking to enter the program: PROVIDED, That
nothing in RCW 49.04.100 through 49.04.130 will affect the total number of
entrants into the apprenticeship program or modify the dates of entrance both
as established by the joint apprenticeship committee. Racial minority for the
purposes of RCW 49.04.130 shall include African Americans, Asian Pacific
Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Filipinos, and all other
racial minority groups.
