SB 5459-S - DIGEST
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, any individual who completes trooper basic training after January 1, 2007, and serves a continuous commission with the Washington state patrol of at least four years is eligible to receive a one-time longevity bonus of five thousand dollars.

Provides that the longevity bonus is subject to the chief's discretion and is not available to a trooper who, within the first four years of the trooper's commission: (1) Accepts a reassignment or transfer to a specialty position; or

(2) Accepts a transfer of assignment granted at the trooper's request, unless: (a) the requested transfer is a hardship or intradivision transfer; or (b) the requested transfer is a condition of an offer of promotion within the state patrol.