CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1376

                    Chapter 84, Laws of 2001

                        57th Legislature

                2001 Regular Legislative Session

VETERANS AFFAIRS--CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTION

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the House March 1, 2001   Yeas 91   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 5, 2001   Yeas 36   Nays 13

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1376  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            April 19, 2001 - 4:47 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1376

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By House Committee on State Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, McDermott, McMorris, D. Schmidt, Haigh and Woods; by request of Department of Veterans Affairs)

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Exempting certain veterans affairs personnel from the state civil service law. 

    AN ACT Relating to certain personnel in the department of veterans affairs; and amending RCW 41.06.077.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 41.06.077 and 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 115 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    In addition to the exemptions set forth in RCW 41.06.070, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply in the department of veterans affairs to the director, the deputy director, ((and to)) no more than two ((assistants)) assistant directors, a confidential secretary for the deputy director, and a confidential secretary for each assistant director.

    Passed the House March 1, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 5, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.