BILL REQ. #:  H-3571.1 

Read first time 01/19/2004.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing the state patrol to bargain for rates of pay and wage levels; and amending RCW 41.56.473.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 41.56.473 and 1999 c 217 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In addition to the entities listed in RCW 41.56.020, this chapter applies to the Washington state patrol with respect to the officers of the Washington state patrol appointed under RCW 43.43.020. Subjects of bargaining include rates of pay or wage levels and wage-related matters, except that the Washington state patrol is prohibited from negotiating ((rates of pay or wage levels and)) any matters relating to retirement benefits or health care benefits or other employee insurance benefits.
     (2) Provisions pertaining to wage-related matters in a collective bargaining agreement between the Washington state patrol and the Washington state patrol officers that are entered into before the legislature approves the funds necessary to implement the provisions must be conditioned upon the legislature's subsequent approval of the funds.