5631 AMH SANT CALL 171

SB 5631 - H AMD TO AGNR COMM AMD (H-2262.1/11) 544

By Representative Santos

NOT CONSIDERED 04/22/2011

    On page 9, beginning on line 36 of the amendment, strike all of section 6 and insert the following:

    "Sec. 6.  RCW 41.06.084 and 1992 c 58 s 3 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, the deputy director's confidential secretary, not more than eight assistant directors, the state veterinarian, and the milk pooling administrator employed under RCW 15.35.100."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:   Specifies in Chapter 41.06 (as opposed to Chapter 43.21) that the confidential secretary of the Department of Agriculture's deputy director is exempted from the state civil service law and removes direction requiring the director of the Department of Agriculture to hire and retain the position.

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