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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 6600
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th Legislature 2002
Regular Session
By
READ FIRST TIME 02/04/2002.
Authorizing
unclassified position appointments in city or town police departments.
AN
ACT Relating to authorizing unclassified position appointments in city or town
police departments; amending RCW 41.12.050; and repealing RCW 41.12.060.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
41.12.050 and 1993 c 189 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
For police departments with fewer than six commissioned officers, including the
police chief, the classified civil service and provisions of this chapter
((shall)) includes all full paid employees of the ((police))
department of ((each)) the city, town, or municipality ((coming
within its purview, except that)).
(2)
For police departments with six or more commissioned officers, including the
police chief, the legislative body of a city, town, or municipality may exempt
from civil service individuals appointed as police chief after July 1,
1987((, to a department with six or more commissioned officers, including
the police chief, may be excluded by the legislative body of the city, town or
municipality)).
(a)
If the police chief is not exempt, the classified civil service includes all
full paid employees of the department of the city, town, or municipality,
including the police chief.
(b)
If the police chief is exempt, the classified civil service includes all full
paid employees of the department of the city, town, or municipality, except the
police chief and an additional number of positions, designated the unclassified
service, determined as follows:
Unclassified
Department Personnel Position Appointments
6
through 10 2
11
through 20 3
21
through 50 4
51
through 100 5
101
through 250 6
251 through 500 8
501
and over 10
(3)
The unclassified position appointments authorized by subsection (2)(b) of this
section may only include selections from the following positions up to the
limit of the number of positions authorized: Assistant chief, deputy chief,
bureau commander, and administrative assistant or administrative secretary.
The initial selection of specific positions to be in the unclassified service
and exempt from civil service shall be made by the police chief, who shall
notify the civil service commission of his or her selection. Subsequent
changes in the designation of which positions are in the unclassified service
may be made only with the concurrence of the police chief, the mayor or the
city administrator, and the civil service commission, and then only after the civil
service commission has heard the issue in an open meeting. If a position
initially selected by the police chief to be in the unclassified service is in
the classified civil service at the time of the selection, and if the position
is occupied, the employee occupying the position has the right to return to the
next highest position or a like position in the classified civil service.
(4)
All appointments to and promotions in the department shall be made solely on
merit, efficiency, and fitness except as provided in RCW 35.13.360
through 35.13.400, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examination
and impartial investigation. No person in the unclassified service
shall be reinstated in or transferred, suspended, or discharged from any
such place, position, or employment contrary to the provisions of this
chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW
41.12.060 (Existing police blanketed under civil service) and
1937 c 13 s 6 are each repealed.
