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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6289
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Agriculture (originally sponsored by Senator Barr; by request of Department of Agriculture)
Read first time 1/22/90.
AN ACT Relating to administrative divisions of the department of agriculture; and amending RCW 43.23.010 and 41.06.084.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 43.23.010, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 3, chapter 248, Laws of 1983 and RCW 43.23.010 are each amended to read as follows:
((The
department of agriculture shall be organized into administrative divisions that
the director deems necessary to promote efficient public management, to improve
programs, and to take full advantage of both fiscal and administrative
economies. The director shall appoint and deputize not more than six assistant
directors as necessary to administer the several divisions within the
department.)) In order to obtain maximum efficiency and effectiveness
within the department of agriculture, the director may create such
administrative divisions within the department as he or she deems necessary.
The director shall appoint a deputy director as well as such assistant
directors as shall be needed to administer the several divisions within the
department. The director shall appoint no more than eight assistant
directors. The officers appointed under this section are exempt from the
provisions of the state civil service law as provided in RCW 41.06.070(7), and
shall be paid salaries to be fixed by the governor in accordance with the
procedure established by law for the fixing of salaries for officers exempt
from the operation of the state civil service law. The director shall also
appoint and deputize a state veterinarian who shall be an experienced
veterinarian properly licensed to practice veterinary medicine in this state.
((The officers appointed under this section shall be paid salaries in an
amount fixed by the governor.))
The director of agriculture shall have charge and general supervision of the department and may assign supervisory and administrative duties other than those specified in RCW 43.23.070 to the division which in his or her judgment can most efficiently carry on those functions.
Sec. 2. Section 11, chapter 248, Laws of 1983 and RCW 41.06.084 are each amended to read as follows:
In addition
to the exemptions set forth in RCW 41.06.070, the provisions of this chapter
shall not apply in the department of agriculture to the director, the
director's confidential secretary, the deputy director, not more than ((six))
eight assistant directors, and the state veterinarian.