"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the Washington state ferry system has been plagued with declining ridership, increased operating costs, and poor on-time performance during peak periods. The legislature intends to give the Washington state ferry system management the tools to change that and, furthermore, intends to hold management accountable to do so.

Sec. 2   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 make decisions regarding working conditions to best suit the operational needs of the state and may not bargain its own decision or the effects of a decision for any working condition other than shift bidding, scheduling leave time, and grievance procedures, provided that the grievance procedures do not expand the scope of grievances beyond the interpretation and application of terms permissible under this chapter. 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) Assigning employees to work stations, vessels, or terminals;
     (b) Directing promotions;
     (c) Directing who will be laid off in the event of a layoff action, bumping rights, or layoff options;
     (d) Directing staffing levels;
     (e) Providing for training; and
     (f) 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((,)) or 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. 3   A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Effective July 1, 2012, all captains of Washington state ferry vessels are managers as defined in RCW 41.06.022 and therefore are subject to the rules adopted by the director of the department of personnel pursuant to RCW 41.06.500. Salary increases for captains must be directly related to the performance of their responsibilities.
     (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 January 1, 2013, all chief engineers and terminal supervisors of Washington state ferry vessels are managers as defined in RCW 41.06.022 and therefore are subject to the rules adopted by the director of the department of personnel pursuant to RCW 41.06.500. Salary increases for chief engineers and terminal supervisors must be directly related to the performance of their responsibilities.
     (4) The chief engineer, also known as a staff engineer, is the engineering department head and reports directly to the captain. The chief engineer's duties include, but are not limited to:
     (a) Overseeing all aspects of engineering propulsion, electrical, and machinery components;
     (b) Ensuring safe and efficient engineering plant operations;
     (c) Advising the captain of factors affecting the vessel's operation from an engineering perspective;
     (d) Supervising the conduct of engineering watchstanders and directing work and maintenance routines;
     (e) Following federal, state, and agency policies and regulations; and
     (f) Overseeing all fueling to ensure efficient and environmentally safe operations.
     (5) The terminal supervisor is the ultimate authority and has responsibility for the entire operations at that ferry terminal. The terminal supervisor's duties include, but are not limited to:
     (a) Overseeing all aspects of dock-side terminal operations;
     (b) Coordinating with the captain in arrival and departure procedures;
     (c) Supervising the conduct of ticket sellers and traffic and loading attendants and directing selling, loading, and traffic work and routines; and
     (d) Following federal, state, and agency policies and regulations.
     (6) With each biennial budget submittal, the department shall include recommendations for distributing any appropriations the legislature may provide for incentive pay for vessel captains, chief engineers, or terminal supervisors.
     (7) Any employee who is a captain, chief engineer, or terminal supervisor may not belong to a collective bargaining unit.
     (8) 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.

Sec. 4   RCW 41.06.022 and 2002 c 354 s 207 are each amended to read as follows:
     For purposes of this chapter, "manager" means any employee who:
     (1) Formulates statewide policy or directs the work of an agency or agency subdivision;
     (2) Is responsible to administer one or more statewide policies or programs of an agency or agency subdivision;
     (3) Manages, administers, and controls a local branch office of an agency or agency subdivision, including the physical, financial, or personnel resources;
     (4) Has substantial responsibility in personnel administration, legislative relations, public information, or the preparation and administration of budgets; ((or))
     (5) Functionally is above the first level of supervision and exercises authority that is not merely routine or clerical in nature and requires the consistent use of independent judgment; or
     (6) Is a captain or chief engineer of a Washington state ferry vessel, or a terminal supervisor of a Washington state ferry terminal.
     No employee who is a member of the Washington management service may be included in a collective bargaining unit established under RCW 41.80.001 and 41.80.010 through 41.80.130 and chapter 47.64 RCW.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5   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. 6   A new section is added to chapter 47.64 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Using state fiscal year 2010 as a basis, Washington state ferry system management shall develop targets for the performance measures listed under this subsection. These targets must be developed in collaboration with the office of financial management and presented to the transportation committees of the legislature by September 30, 2011, along with an implementation plan for achieving these targets by June 30, 2013:
     (a) Number of riders per service hour;
     (b) Terminal and vessel operating costs, not including fuel, per service hour;
     (c) Fuel consumption per service hour; and
     (d) 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 measures 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.
     (3) The joint legislative audit and review committee shall work with the department in determining baseline data for the performance measures in subsection (1) of this section and shall determine whether Washington state ferry system management has met the performance measures in subsection (1) of this section and report its findings to the transportation committees of the legislature by September 30, 2013.
     (4) If the joint legislative audit and review committee determines that Washington state ferry system management has not met the targets developed in subsection (1) of this section, 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 targets in this section within the following twelve months. The plan must be submitted to the governor and the transportation committees of the legislature.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   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 section 6(1) of this act.

Sec. 8   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. 9   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. 10   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. 11   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. 12   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;
     (z))) Staff employed by the department of commerce to administer energy policy functions;
     (((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. 13   (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. 14   The joint transportation committee shall conduct a study of the management structure at the Washington state ferries. The study results must make recommendations on changes to the organizational structure that will result in more efficient operations and a more balanced management organization structure scaled to the workforce. The study results must be presented to the transportation committees of the legislature by September 30, 2011.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 15   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. 16   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."