SHB 1516 -
By Senators Haugen, King
ADOPTED 04/22/2011
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 47.64.120 and 2010 c 283 s 10 are each amended to
read as follows:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the employer and
ferry system employee organizations, through their collective
bargaining representatives, shall meet at reasonable times to negotiate
in good faith with respect to wages, hours, working conditions, and
insurance, and other matters mutually agreed upon. Employer funded
retirement benefits shall be provided under the public employees
retirement system under chapter 41.40 RCW and shall not be included in
the scope of collective bargaining. Except as provided under RCW
47.64.270, the employer is not required to bargain over health care
benefits. Any retirement system or retirement benefits shall not be
subject to collective bargaining.
(2) Upon ratification of bargaining agreements, ferry employees are
entitled to an amount equivalent to the interest earned on retroactive
compensation increases. For purposes of this section, the interest
earned on retroactive compensation increases is the same monthly rate
of interest that was earned on the amount of the compensation increases
while held in the state treasury. The interest will be computed for
each employee until the date the retroactive compensation is paid, and
must be allocated in accordance with appropriation authority. The
interest earned on retroactive compensation is not considered part of
the ongoing compensation obligation of the state and is not
compensation earnable for the purposes of chapter 41.40 RCW.
Negotiations shall also include grievance procedures for resolving any
questions arising under the agreement, which shall be embodied in a
written agreement and signed by the parties.
(3) The employer shall not bargain over rights of management which,
in addition to all powers, duties, and rights established by
constitutional provision or statute, must include, but not be limited
to, the following:
(a) Directing promotions;
(b) Directing staffing levels; and
(c) Directing the use of part-time shifts.
(4) A collective bargaining agreement may not contain any provision
that extends the term of an existing collective bargaining agreement or
applicability of items incompatible with this section in an existing
collective bargaining agreement.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, if a conflict
exists between an executive order, administrative rule, or agency
policy relating to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment
and a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under this chapter,
the collective bargaining agreement shall prevail. A provision of a
collective bargaining agreement that conflicts with the terms of a
statute is invalid and unenforceable.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Effective July 1, 2013, all captains of Washington state ferry
vessels are part of Washington state ferries management.
(2) The captain, also known as the master of a vessel or the
commanding officer, is the ultimate authority on and has responsibility
for the entire vessel. The captain's responsibilities include, but are
not limited to:
(a) Ensuring the safe navigation of the vessel and its crew and
passengers;
(b) Following all applicable federal, state, and agency policies
and regulations;
(c) Supervising crew in performance, operations, training,
security, and environmental protection; and
(d) Overseeing all aspects of vessel operations including, but not
limited to:
(i) Vessel arrivals and departures;
(ii) Schedule adherence;
(iii) Customer service;
(iv) Cost containment; and
(v) Fuel efficiency.
(3) Effective July 1, 2013, the public employment relations
commission shall sever from the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining
unit all captains. In anticipation of the captains' severance from the
masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit, the public employment
relations commission shall conduct an election by August 31, 2011, to
determine representation of the captains. If a majority of the
captains in the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit indicate by
vote that they desire to be included in a newly formed captains-only
bargaining unit, the public employment relations commission shall
certify a captains-only bargaining unit, to be effective July 1, 2013.
Notwithstanding the results of the election, captains shall remain a
part of the masters, mates, and pilots bargaining unit through June 30,
2013.
(4) If a new captains-only bargaining unit is created, the employer
and the exclusive bargaining representative for the captains-only
bargaining unit must negotiate a collective bargaining agreement
exclusive to the captains-only bargaining unit.
(5) For negotiations covering the 2013-2015 biennium, the employer
and the exclusive bargaining representative of the captains-only
bargaining unit must negotiate agreements that are consistent with this
section.
(6) A collective bargaining agreement may not contain any provision
that extends the term of an existing collective bargaining agreement or
applicability of items incompatible with this section in an existing
collective bargaining agreement.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
Washington state ferry system management must meet with its union
employees twice a year and encourage an open and direct exchange of
ideas and concerns between line employees and management.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
For the purposes of this section and sections 5 through 10 of this
act:
(1) "Management" means an employee at the Washington state ferries
who is part of Washington management services, is exempt, or is a
captain.
(2) "Performance measure" means measurable standards to be used by
the department to evaluate the sufficiency of the services being
provided to ferry riders.
(3) "Performance report" means a report that summarizes ferry
system performance using the performance measures identified in
sections 5 and 6 of this act.
(4) "Performance target" means the desired outcome of a performance
measure.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
Performance targets must be established by an ad hoc committee with
members from and designated by the office of the governor. The
committee may not consist of more than eleven members. By July 1,
2011, the committee shall present performance targets to the
representatives of the legislative transportation committees and the
joint transportation committee for review of the performance measures
listed under this section. The committee may also develop performance
measures in addition to the following:
(1) Safety performance as measured by passenger injuries per one
million passenger miles and by injuries per ten thousand revenue
service hours that are recordable by standards of the federal
occupational safety and health administration and related to standard
operating procedures;
(2) Service effectiveness measures including, but not limited to,
passenger satisfaction of interactions with ferry employees,
cleanliness and comfort of vessels and terminals, and satisfactory
response to requests for assistance. Passenger satisfaction must be
measured by an evaluation that is created by a contracted market
research company and conducted by the Washington state transportation
commission as part of the ferry riders' opinion group survey. The
Washington state transportation commission shall, to the extent
possible, integrate the passenger satisfaction evaluation into the
ferry user data survey described in RCW 47.60.286;
(3) Cost-containment measures including, but not limited to,
operating cost per passenger mile, operating cost per revenue service
mile, discretionary overtime as a percentage of straight time, and
gallons of fuel consumed per revenue service mile; and
(4) Maintenance and capital program effectiveness measures
including, but not limited to: Project delivery rate as measured by
the number of projects completed on time and within the omnibus
transportation appropriations act; vessel and terminal design and
engineering costs as measured by a percentage of the total capital
program, including measurement of the ongoing operating and maintenance
costs; and total vessel out-of-service time.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Beginning on October 1, 2011, the department shall report on
peak-direction, peak-time, on-time performance by route for all runs
except those delayed or canceled due to tidal conditions. On-time is
defined as within ten minutes of the scheduled time. Peak-time for the
Mukilteo/Clinton, Edmonds/Kingston, Seattle/Bainbridge,
Seattle/Bremerton, Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth, and Point
Defiance/Tahlequah ferry routes means weekdays from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00
a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Peak-time for the Coupeville
(Keystone)/Port Townsend and Anacortes/San Juan Island ferry routes
means Fridays from 3:00 p.m. to closing, Saturdays all day, Sundays
all day, holidays all day, and Mondays from opening to 12:00 p.m.
(2) The department shall, on a quarterly basis, report Washington
state ferry system management's performance as it relates to the
performance measure in subsection (1) of this section (a) to the
transportation committees of the legislature, (b) on its vessels, (c)
at all ferry terminals, and (d) on the department's web site. The
statistics must include reasons for any delays over five minutes and
any delays over ten minutes from the scheduled time.
(3) The department may not eliminate any ferry route without prior
legislative approval.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) The office of financial management shall complete a performance
report that provides a baseline assessment of current performance on
the performance measures identified in sections 5 and 6 of this act
using final 2009-2011 data. This report must be presented to the joint
transportation committee by November 1, 2011, for review.
(2) By October 1, 2012, and each year thereafter, the office of
financial management shall complete a performance report for the prior
fiscal year. This report must be reviewed by the joint transportation
committee, and the findings of the report must be incorporated into the
governor's proposed biennial transportation budget. The office of
financial management shall transmit a copy of the accepted performance
report to the legislature with the governor's biennial transportation
budget.
(3) Management shall lead implementation of the performance
measures in sections 5 and 6 of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 8 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
If the Washington state ferries does not meet at least eighty
percent of the performance target that is set for each performance
measure identified in sections 5 and 6 of this act by June 30, 2013,
the governor, with the consensus of the chairs and ranking minorities
of the transportation committees of the legislature, shall appoint a
governor's management representative who, within sixty days, shall
develop and submit a corrective action plan to achieve the performance
targets in sections 5 and 6 of this act within the following twelve
months. The plan must be submitted to the governor and the
transportation committees of the legislature.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 9 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) If the Washington state ferries does not meet at least eighty
percent of the performance target that is set for each performance
measure identified in sections 5 and 6 of this act by June 30, 2013,
the department must:
(a) Solicit a fixed cost bid for meeting the performance measures
in sections 5 and 6 of this act, which must include a request for
information or a request for qualifications to identify qualifications
necessary and costs associated with privatizing the management
functions of the Washington state ferries; and
(b) Present the results of the request for information or request
for qualifications to the transportation committees of the legislature
and the governor.
(2) In consultation with the governor's office, the transportation
committees of the legislature shall utilize the information provided in
subsection (1) of this section to determine whether or not to
competitively contract out the management functions of the Washington
state ferry system the following biennium.
(3) If the governor and the transportation committees of the
legislature opt to competitively contract out the management functions
of the Washington state ferry system in the following biennium, the
contract must be a fixed cost contract that requires the private
management services firm to meet or exceed the performance target for
eighty percent of the performance measures under sections 5 and 6 of
this act. Based on these performance measures, the contract must
provide for incentive or retained payment arrangements as a means of
ensuring satisfactory performance of the contract and improved
performance of the ferry system over time.
(4) The contract must include a requirement that the firm retain
existing and future collective bargaining agreements as negotiated
between the state and the employees' labor representatives. The
private management services firm may rehire Washington management
services employees or exempt employees at the Washington state ferries.
(5) The contract must be for a two-year period. If the private
management services firm meets or exceeds the performance measures
under sections 5 and 6 of this act, the contract is renewable for an
additional two years for a maximum of ten years. After ten years, the
department shall implement an invitation for bid process.
(6) Consistent with RCW 41.06.142(3), the contract is not subject
to requirements for agencies purchasing services that have been
customarily and historically provided by state employees.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10 A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW
to read as follows:
The report required in RCW 47.01.071(5) and 47.04.280 must include
the performance measures in sections 5 and 6 of this act.
Sec. 11 RCW 47.64.011 and 2006 c 164 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the
definitions in this section shall apply.
(1) "Collective bargaining representative" means the persons
designated by the governor and employee organizations to be the
exclusive representatives during collective bargaining negotiations.
(2) "Commission" means the ((marine employees')) public employment
relations commission created in RCW ((47.64.280)) 41.58.010.
(3) "Department of transportation" means the department as defined
in RCW 47.01.021.
(4) "Employer" means the state of Washington.
(5) "Ferry employee" means any employee of the marine
transportation division of the department of transportation who is a
member of a collective bargaining unit represented by a ferry employee
organization and does not include an exempt employee pursuant to RCW
41.06.079.
(6) "Ferry employee organization" means any labor organization
recognized to represent a collective bargaining unit of ferry
employees.
(7) "Lockout" means the refusal of the employer to furnish work to
ferry employees in an effort to get ferry employee organizations to
make concessions during collective bargaining, grievance, or other
labor relation negotiations. Curtailment of employment of ferry
employees due to lack of work resulting from a strike or work stoppage
shall not be considered a lockout.
(8) "Office of financial management" means the office as created in
RCW 43.41.050.
(9) "Strike or work stoppage" means a ferry employee's refusal, in
concerted action with others, to report to duty, or his or her willful
absence from his or her position, or his or her stoppage or slowdown of
work, or his or her abstinence in whole or in part from the full,
faithful, and proper performance of the duties of employment, for the
purpose of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in conditions,
compensation, rights, privileges, or obligations of his, her, or any
other ferry employee's employment. A refusal, in good faith, to work
under conditions which pose an endangerment to the health and safety of
ferry employees or the public, as determined by the master of the
vessel, shall not be considered a strike for the purposes of this
chapter.
Sec. 12 RCW 47.64.090 and 2003 c 373 s 3 and 2003 c 91 s 1 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) Except as provided in RCW 47.60.656 and subsections (2) and (4)
of this section, or as provided in RCW 36.54.130 and subsection (3) of
this section, if any party assumes the operation and maintenance of any
ferry or ferry system by rent, lease, or charter from the department of
transportation, such party shall assume and be bound by all the
provisions herein and any agreement or contract for such operation of
any ferry or ferry system entered into by the department shall provide
that the wages to be paid, hours of employment, working conditions, and
seniority rights of employees will be established by the ((marine
employees')) commission in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this chapter and it shall further provide that all labor disputes shall
be adjudicated in accordance with chapter 47.64 RCW.
(2) If a public transportation benefit area meeting the
requirements of RCW 36.57A.200 has voter approval to operate passenger-only ferry service, it may enter into an agreement with Washington
State Ferries to rent, lease, or purchase passenger-only vessels,
related equipment, or terminal space for purposes of loading and
unloading the passenger-only ferry. Charges for the vessels,
equipment, and space must be fair market value taking into account the
public benefit derived from the ferry service. A benefit area or
subcontractor of that benefit area that qualifies under this subsection
is not subject to the restrictions of subsection (1) of this section,
but is subject to:
(a) The terms of those collective bargaining agreements that it or
its subcontractors negotiate with the exclusive bargaining
representatives of its or its subcontractors' employees under chapter
41.56 RCW or the National Labor Relations Act, as applicable;
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, a
requirement that the benefit area and any contract with its
subcontractors, give preferential hiring to former employees of the
department of transportation who separated from employment with the
department because of termination of the ferry service by the state of
Washington; and
(c) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, a
requirement that the benefit area and any contract with its
subcontractors, on any questions concerning representation of employees
for collective bargaining purposes, may be determined by conducting a
cross-check comparing an employee organization's membership records or
bargaining authorization cards against the employment records of the
employer.
(3) If a ferry district is formed under RCW 36.54.110 to operate
passenger-only ferry service, it may enter into an agreement with
Washington State Ferries to rent, lease, or purchase vessels, related
equipment, or terminal space for purposes of loading and unloading the
ferry. Charges for the vessels, equipment, and space must be fair
market value taking into account the public benefit derived from the
ferry service. A ferry district or subcontractor of that district that
qualifies under this subsection is not subject to the restrictions of
subsection (1) of this section, but is subject to:
(a) The terms of those collective bargaining agreements that it or
its subcontractors negotiate with the exclusive bargaining
representatives of its or its subcontractors' employees under chapter
41.56 RCW or the National Labor Relations Act, as applicable;
(b) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, a
requirement that the ferry district and any contract with its
subcontractors, give preferential hiring to former employees of the
department of transportation who separated from employment with the
department because of termination of the ferry service by the state of
Washington; and
(c) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal or state law, a
requirement that the ferry district and any contract with its
subcontractors, on any questions concerning representation of employees
for collective bargaining purposes, may be determined by conducting a
cross-check comparing an employee organization's membership records or
bargaining authorization cards against the employment records of the
employer.
(4) The department of transportation shall make its terminal, dock,
and pier space available to private operators of passenger-only ferries
if the space can be made available without limiting the operation of
car ferries operated by the department. These private operators are
not bound by the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. Charges
for the equipment and space must be fair market value taking into
account the public benefit derived from the passenger-only ferry
service.
Sec. 13 RCW 47.64.150 and 1983 c 15 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
An agreement with a ferry employee organization that is the
exclusive representative of ferry employees in an appropriate unit may
provide procedures for the consideration of ferry employee grievances
and of disputes over the interpretation and application of agreements.
Negotiated procedures may provide for binding arbitration of ferry
employee grievances and of disputes over the interpretation and
application of existing agreements. An arbitrator's decision on a
grievance shall not change or amend the terms, conditions, or
applications of the collective bargaining agreement. The procedures
shall provide for the invoking of arbitration only with the approval of
the employee organization. The costs of arbitrators shall be shared
equally by the parties.
Ferry system employees shall follow ((either)) the grievance
procedures provided in a collective bargaining agreement, or if ((no))
such procedures are ((so)) not provided, shall submit the grievances to
the ((marine employees')) commission ((as provided in RCW 47.64.280)).
Sec. 14 RCW 41.58.060 and 1983 c 15 s 22 are each amended to read
as follows:
For any matter concerning the state ferry system and employee
relations, collective bargaining, or labor disputes or stoppages, the
provisions of chapter 47.64 RCW and this chapter shall govern.
However, if a conflict exists between the provisions of chapter 47.64
RCW and this chapter, the provisions of chapter 47.64 RCW shall govern.
Sec. 15 RCW 41.06.070 and 2010 c 271 s 801, 2010 c 2 s 2, and
2010 c 1 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:
(a) The members of the legislature or to any employee of, or
position in, the legislative branch of the state government including
members, officers, and employees of the legislative council, joint
legislative audit and review committee, statute law committee, and any
interim committee of the legislature;
(b) The justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of
appeals, judges of the superior courts or of the inferior courts, or to
any employee of, or position in the judicial branch of state
government;
(c) Officers, academic personnel, and employees of technical
colleges;
(d) The officers of the Washington state patrol;
(e) Elective officers of the state;
(f) The chief executive officer of each agency;
(g) In the departments of employment security and social and health
services, the director and the director's confidential secretary; in
all other departments, the executive head of which is an individual
appointed by the governor, the director, his or her confidential
secretary, and his or her statutory assistant directors;
(h) In the case of a multimember board, commission, or committee,
whether the members thereof are elected, appointed by the governor or
other authority, serve ex officio, or are otherwise chosen:
(i) All members of such boards, commissions, or committees;
(ii) If the members of the board, commission, or committee serve on
a part-time basis and there is a statutory executive officer: The
secretary of the board, commission, or committee; the chief executive
officer of the board, commission, or committee; and the confidential
secretary of the chief executive officer of the board, commission, or
committee;
(iii) If the members of the board, commission, or committee serve
on a full-time basis: The chief executive officer or administrative
officer as designated by the board, commission, or committee; and a
confidential secretary to the chair of the board, commission, or
committee;
(iv) If all members of the board, commission, or committee serve ex
officio: The chief executive officer; and the confidential secretary
of such chief executive officer;
(i) The confidential secretaries and administrative assistants in
the immediate offices of the elective officers of the state;
(j) Assistant attorneys general;
(k) Commissioned and enlisted personnel in the military service of
the state;
(l) Inmate, student, part-time, or temporary employees, and part-time professional consultants, as defined by the Washington personnel
resources board;
(m) The public printer or to any employees of or positions in the
state printing plant;
(n) Officers and employees of the Washington state fruit
commission;
(o) Officers and employees of the Washington apple commission;
(p) Officers and employees of the Washington state dairy products
commission;
(q) Officers and employees of the Washington tree fruit research
commission;
(r) Officers and employees of the Washington state beef commission;
(s) Officers and employees of the Washington grain commission;
(t) Officers and employees of any commission formed under chapter
15.66 RCW;
(u) Officers and employees of agricultural commissions formed under
chapter 15.65 RCW;
(v) Officers and employees of the nonprofit corporation formed
under chapter 67.40 RCW;
(w) Executive assistants for personnel administration and labor
relations in all state agencies employing such executive assistants
including but not limited to all departments, offices, commissions,
committees, boards, or other bodies subject to the provisions of this
chapter and this subsection shall prevail over any provision of law
inconsistent herewith unless specific exception is made in such law;
(x) In each agency with fifty or more employees: Deputy agency
heads, assistant directors or division directors, and not more than
three principal policy assistants who report directly to the agency
head or deputy agency heads;
(y) ((All employees of the marine employees' commission;)) Staff employed by the department of commerce to administer
energy policy functions;
(z)
(((aa))) (z) The manager of the energy facility site evaluation
council;
(((bb))) (aa) A maximum of ten staff employed by the department of
commerce to administer innovation and policy functions, including the
three principal policy assistants exempted under (x) of this
subsection;
(((cc))) (bb) Staff employed by Washington State University to
administer energy education, applied research, and technology transfer
programs under RCW 43.21F.045 as provided in RCW 28B.30.900(5).
(2) The following classifications, positions, and employees of
institutions of higher education and related boards are hereby exempted
from coverage of this chapter:
(a) Members of the governing board of each institution of higher
education and related boards, all presidents, vice presidents, and
their confidential secretaries, administrative, and personal
assistants; deans, directors, and chairs; academic personnel; and
executive heads of major administrative or academic divisions employed
by institutions of higher education; principal assistants to executive
heads of major administrative or academic divisions; other managerial
or professional employees in an institution or related board having
substantial responsibility for directing or controlling program
operations and accountable for allocation of resources and program
results, or for the formulation of institutional policy, or for
carrying out personnel administration or labor relations functions,
legislative relations, public information, development, senior computer
systems and network programming, or internal audits and investigations;
and any employee of a community college district whose place of work is
one which is physically located outside the state of Washington and who
is employed pursuant to RCW 28B.50.092 and assigned to an educational
program operating outside of the state of Washington;
(b) The governing board of each institution, and related boards,
may also exempt from this chapter classifications involving research
activities, counseling of students, extension or continuing education
activities, graphic arts or publications activities requiring
prescribed academic preparation or special training as determined by
the board: PROVIDED, That no nonacademic employee engaged in office,
clerical, maintenance, or food and trade services may be exempted by
the board under this provision;
(c) Printing craft employees in the department of printing at the
University of Washington.
(3) In addition to the exemptions specifically provided by this
chapter, the director of personnel may provide for further exemptions
pursuant to the following procedures. The governor or other
appropriate elected official may submit requests for exemption to the
director of personnel stating the reasons for requesting such
exemptions. The director of personnel shall hold a public hearing,
after proper notice, on requests submitted pursuant to this subsection.
If the director determines that the position for which exemption is
requested is one involving substantial responsibility for the
formulation of basic agency or executive policy or one involving
directing and controlling program operations of an agency or a major
administrative division thereof, the director of personnel shall grant
the request and such determination shall be final as to any decision
made before July 1, 1993. The total number of additional exemptions
permitted under this subsection shall not exceed one percent of the
number of employees in the classified service not including employees
of institutions of higher education and related boards for those
agencies not directly under the authority of any elected public
official other than the governor, and shall not exceed a total of
twenty-five for all agencies under the authority of elected public
officials other than the governor.
The salary and fringe benefits of all positions presently or
hereafter exempted except for the chief executive officer of each
agency, full-time members of boards and commissions, administrative
assistants and confidential secretaries in the immediate office of an
elected state official, and the personnel listed in subsections (1)(j)
through (v) ((and (y))) and (2) of this section, shall be determined by
the director of personnel. Changes to the classification plan
affecting exempt salaries must meet the same provisions for classified
salary increases resulting from adjustments to the classification plan
as outlined in RCW 41.06.152.
From February 18, 2009, through June 30, 2011, a salary or wage
increase shall not be granted to any position exempt from
classification under this chapter, except that a salary or wage
increase may be granted to employees pursuant to collective bargaining
agreements negotiated under chapter 28B.52, 41.56, 47.64, or 41.76 RCW,
or negotiated by the nonprofit corporation formed under chapter 67.40
RCW, and except that increases may be granted for positions for which
the employer has demonstrated difficulty retaining qualified employees
if the following conditions are met:
(a) The salary increase can be paid within existing resources; and
(b) The salary increase will not adversely impact the provision of
client services.
Any agency granting a salary increase from February 15, 2010,
through June 30, 2011, to a position exempt from classification under
this chapter shall submit a report to the fiscal committees of the
legislature no later than July 31, 2011, detailing the positions for
which salary increases were granted, the size of the increases, and the
reasons for giving the increases.
Any person holding a classified position subject to the provisions
of this chapter shall, when and if such position is subsequently
exempted from the application of this chapter, be afforded the
following rights: If such person previously held permanent status in
another classified position, such person shall have a right of
reversion to the highest class of position previously held, or to a
position of similar nature and salary.
Any classified employee having civil service status in a classified
position who accepts an appointment in an exempt position shall have
the right of reversion to the highest class of position previously
held, or to a position of similar nature and salary.
A person occupying an exempt position who is terminated from the
position for gross misconduct or malfeasance does not have the right of
reversion to a classified position as provided for in this section.
From February 15, 2010, until June 30, 2011, no monetary
performance-based awards or incentives may be granted by the director
or employers to employees covered by rules adopted under this section.
This subsection does not prohibit the payment of awards provided for in
chapter 41.60 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 16 (1) The marine employees' commission is
hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby
transferred to the public employment relations commission.
(2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files,
papers, or written material in the possession of the marine employees'
commission shall be delivered to the custody of the public employment
relations commission. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor
vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the marine employees'
commission shall be made available to the public employment relations
commission. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the marine
employees' commission shall be assigned to the public employment
relations commission.
(b) Any appropriations made to the marine employees' commission
shall, on the effective date of this section, be transferred and
credited to the public employment relations commission.
(c) If any question arises as to the transfer of any funds, books,
documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible
property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance
of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial
management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and
certify the same to the state agencies concerned.
(3) All rules and all pending business before the marine employees'
commission shall be continued and acted upon by the public employment
relations commission. All existing contracts and obligations shall
remain in full force and shall be performed by the public employment
relations commission.
(4) The transfer of the powers, duties, and functions of the marine
employees' commission shall not affect the validity of any act
performed before the effective date of this section.
(5) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the
transfers directed by this section, the director of financial
management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected,
the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make
the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation
accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 17 The following acts or parts of acts are
each repealed:
(1) RCW 47.64.080 (Employee seniority rights) and 1984 c 7 s 341 &
1961 c 13 s 47.64.080; and
(2) RCW 47.64.280 (Marine employees' commission) and 2010 c 283 s
14, 2006 c 164 s 18, 1984 c 287 s 95, & 1983 c 15 s 19.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 18 This act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the
state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
immediately."
SHB 1516 -
By Senators Haugen, King
ADOPTED 04/22/2011
On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "system;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 47.64.120, 47.64.011, 47.64.150, and 41.58.060; reenacting and amending RCW 47.64.090 and 41.06.070; adding new sections to chapter 47.64 RCW; creating a new section; repealing RCW 47.64.080 and 47.64.280; and declaring an emergency."
EFFECT: All language is removed and the following is added: (1) Management rights are defined, and collective bargaining agreements may not include provisions that direct promotions, staffing levels, or the use of part-time shifts; (2) ferry captains are made part of management and may form their own union; (3) WSF management is required to meet with line union employees twice a year to encourage an open and direct exchange of ideas and concerns; (4) performance measures are defined; (5) an ad hoc committee created by the Governor will determine the performance measure targets to be met by June 30, 2013; (6) performance measures must be reported; (7) OFM will report to the Legislature whether targets are met; (8) if at least 80% of each target is not met by June 30, 2013, then a governor's management representative is to be appointed to develop a 12-month corrective action plan, and the department is to solicit requests for qualifications regarding the skills and costs associated with privatizing the management functions of the WSF; (9) if the Governor and Transportation Committees opt to competitively contract out the management functions, a selection process and contractual requirements for a private management services firm are outlined; (10) defined performance measures must be included in the department's attainment report; (11) the Marine Employees' Commission is abolished and responsibilities are transferred to the Public Employment Relations Commission; (12) MEC statutes and outdated employee seniority rights statutes are repealed; and (13) includes an emergency clause.