CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6352

Chapter 193, Laws of 1998

55th Legislature

1998 Regular Session

EXAMINATION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR WASHINGTON STATE PATROL OFFICERS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98

Passed by the Senate February 12, 1998

YEAS 48 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 5, 1998

YEAS 98 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6352 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MIKE O'CONNELL

Secretary

Approved March 27, 1998

FILED

March 27, 1998 - 3:35 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 6352

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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session

By Senators Wood and Haugen; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/16/98. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

AN ACT Relating to examination eligibility requirements for Washington state patrol officers; and amending RCW 43.43.350.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 43.43.350 and 1969 ex.s. c 20 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

Eligibility for examination ((or)) for promotion shall be determined as follows:

Patrol officers with one year of probationary experience, in addition to three years experience as a regular patrolman before the date of the first examination occurrence, shall be eligible for examination for the rank of sergeant; patrol officers with one year of probationary experience in the rank of sergeant before the date of the first examination occurrence, in addition to two years as a regular sergeant, shall be eligible for examination for the rank of lieutenant.