CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5439

Chapter 45, Laws of 2006

59th Legislature
2006 Regular Session



GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEES--BACKGROUND CHECKS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/7/06

Passed by the Senate February 14, 2006
  YEAS 43   NAYS 2

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 1, 2006
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5439 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 14, 2006.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 14, 2006 - 3:13 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5439
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Passed Legislature - 2006 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senators Roach, Swecker, Delvin, Sheldon, Parlette, Kohl-Welles and McCaslin; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/25/2005.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.



     AN ACT Relating to background checks on gubernatorial appointees; and adding a new section to chapter 43.06 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.06 RCW to read as follows:
     When requested by the governor or the director of the department of personnel, nonconviction criminal history fingerprint record checks shall be conducted through the Washington state patrol identification and criminal history section and the federal bureau of investigation on applicants for agency head positions appointed by the governor. Information received pursuant to this section shall be confidential and made available only to the governor or director of the department of personnel or their employees directly involved in the selection, hiring, or background investigation of the subject of the record check. When necessary, applicants may be employed on a conditional basis pending completion of the criminal history record check. "Agency head" as used in this section has the same definition as provided in RCW 34.05.010.


         Passed by the Senate February 14, 2006.
         Passed by the House March 1, 2006.
         Approved by the Governor March 14, 2006.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2006.