6503-S AMH ROSC PRIN 239
SSB 6503 - H AMD TO WAYS COMM AMD (H-4985.1) 1068
By Representative Ross
NOT CONSIDERED 3/11/2010
On page 1, after line 16 of the amendment, insert the following:
"In addition, the legislature finds that the governor's 2010 supplemental operating budget request contains requests for funds to implement the compensation and fringe benefits provisions of the bargaining agreements negotiated with state employees following the conclusion of the 2009 legislative session. As provided for in 41.80.010(3)(b), those requests for funds are hereby rejected as a whole."
On page 7, after line 12 of the amendment, insert the following:
"Sec. 4. RCW 1.16.050 and 2007 c 61 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The following are legal holidays: Sunday; the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; the third Monday of January, being celebrated as the anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.; the third Monday of February to be known as Presidents' Day and to be celebrated as the anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington; the last Monday of May, commonly known as Memorial Day; the fourth day of July, being the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; the first Monday in September, to be known as Labor Day; the eleventh day of November, to be known as Veterans' Day; the fourth Thursday in November, to be known as Thanksgiving Day; the day immediately following Thanksgiving Day; and the twenty-fifth day of December, commonly called Christmas Day.
((Employees))Except as provided in subsection
(2) of this section, employees of the state and its political subdivisions,
except employees of school districts and except those nonclassified employees
of institutions of higher education who hold appointments or are employed under
contracts to perform services for periods of less than twelve consecutive
months, shall be entitled to one paid holiday per calendar year in addition to
those specified in this section. Each employee of the state or its political
subdivisions may select the day on which the employee desires to take the
additional holiday provided for herein after consultation with the employer
pursuant to guidelines to be promulgated by rule of the appropriate personnel
authority, or in the case of local government by ordinance or resolution of the
legislative authority.
If any of the above specified state legal holidays are also federal legal holidays but observed on different dates, only the state legal holidays shall be recognized as a paid legal holiday for employees of the state and its political subdivisions except that for port districts and the law enforcement and public transit employees of municipal corporations, either the federal or the state legal holiday, but in no case both, may be recognized as a paid legal holiday for employees.
Whenever any legal holiday, other than Sunday, falls upon a Sunday, the following Monday shall be the legal holiday.
Whenever any legal holiday falls upon a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be the legal holiday.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to have the effect of adding or deleting the number of paid holidays provided for in an agreement between employees and employers of political subdivisions of the state or as established by ordinance or resolution of the local government legislative authority.
The legislature declares that the thirteenth day of January shall be recognized as Korean-American day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the twelfth day of October shall be recognized as Columbus day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the ninth day of April shall be recognized as former prisoner of war recognition day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the twenty-sixth day of January shall be recognized as Washington army and air national guard day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the seventh day of August shall be recognized as purple heart recipient recognition day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the second Sunday in October be recognized as Washington state children's day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purposes.
The legislature declares that the sixteenth day of April shall be recognized as Mother Joseph day and the fourth day of September as Marcus Whitman day, but neither shall be considered legal holidays for any purpose.
The legislature declares that the seventh day of December be recognized as Pearl Harbor remembrance day but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purpose.
The legislature declares that the nineteenth day of February be recognized as civil liberties day of remembrance but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purpose.
The legislature declares that the nineteenth day of June be recognized as Juneteenth, a day of remembrance for the day the slaves learned of their freedom, but shall not be considered a legal holiday for any purpose.
(2) From the effective date of this act until June 30, 2011, no employee of a state agency or public institution of higher education may receive compensation for the paid personal holiday specified in subsection (1) of this section."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively, correct any references accordingly, and correct the title.
EFFECT: Rejects funding for the compensation and fringe benefit provisions of the collective bargaining agreements negotiated after the 2009 legislative session. No employee of a state agency or institution of higher education shall be compensated for the personal holiday until June 30, 2011.
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