| Passed by the Senate March 6, 2007 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 30, 2007 YEAS 94 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5620 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 9, 2007, 1:14 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 9, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/25/2007. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to the civil service commissions for sheriffs' offices; and amending RCW 41.14.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 41.14.050 and 1979 ex.s. c 153 s 1 are each amended to
read as follows:
Immediately after appointment the commission shall organize by
electing one of its members ((chairman)) as chair and shall hold
regular meetings at least once a month, and such additional meetings as
may be required for the proper discharge of its duties.
((It)) The commission shall appoint a chief examiner who shall also
serve as secretary of the commission and such assistants as may be
necessary. The commission has supervisory responsibility over the
chief examiner. The chief examiner shall keep the records for the
commission, preserve all reports made to it, superintend and keep a
record of all examinations held under its direction, and perform such
other duties as the commission may prescribe.
The chief examiner shall be appointed as a result of competitive
examination, which examination must be open to all properly qualified
citizens of the county: PROVIDED, That no appointee of the commission, either as chief examiner or as an assistant to the chief examiner,
shall be an employee of the sheriff's department. The chief examiner
may be subject to suspension, reduction, or discharge in the same
manner and subject to the same limitations as are provided in the case
of members of the classified service.