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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.06.010 (2026)

Declaration of purpose

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The general purpose of this chapter is to establish for the state a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, recruitment, retention, classification and pay plan, removal, discipline, training and career development, and welfare of its civil employees, and other incidents of state employment. All appointments and promotions to positions, and retention therein, in the state service, shall be made on the basis of policies hereinafter specified.
[ 1980 c 118 s 1; 1961 c 1 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 207, approved November 8, 1960).]

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Severability—1980 c 118: "If any provision of this 1980 act, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1980 c 118 s 10.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 38 cases, 1966–2004 · leading case: Rosso v. State Pers. Bd., 411 P.2d 138 (Wash. 1966).
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Rosso v. State Pers. Bd., 411 P.2d 138 (Wash. 1966). · cites it 8× “However, I think that a realistic appraisal of the provisions of Article 20 shows that this function by the State Personnel Board in the determination of the bargaining unit is simply the first of four steps.”
Washington Fed'n of State Employees v. State, 682 P.2d 869 (Wash. 1984). · cites it 2× “RCW 41.06.010; RCW 28B.16.010. Tenure is regulated by legislative policy.”
Reninger v. State Dept. of Corr., 951 P.2d 782 (Wash. 1998). “18 (West 19__)), the Iowa Supreme Court considered language similar to RCW 41.06.010 from the Iowa civil service law: "`No person holding civil service rights as provided in this chapter shall be removed, demoted, or suspended arbitrarily, except as otherwise provided in this…”
Reninger v. Dep't of Corr., 134 Wash. 2d 437 (Wash. 1998). “18 (West 1983)), the Iowa Supreme Court considered language similar to RCW 41.06.010 from the Iowa civil service law: “ ‘No person holding civil service rights as provided in this chapter shall be removed, demoted, or suspended arbitrarily, except as otherwise provided in this…”
Washington Fed'n of State Employees v. Spokane Cmty. Coll., 585 P.2d 474 (Wash. 1978). · cites it 2× “It creates a classified service composed of civil servants selected on the basis of merit to fill the state's personnel needs.”
City of Yakima v. Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters, 818 P.2d 1076 (Wash. 1991). “34 RCW 41.06.010, 41.08.040, 41.12.040. 35 RCW 41.”
Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle, 92 P.3d 243 (Wash. 2004). “” RCW 41.06.010 states: The general purpose of this chapter is to establish for the state a system of personnel administration based on merit principles and scientific methods governing the appointment, promotion, transfer, layoff, recruitment, retention, classification and pay…”
Keeton v. Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs., 661 P.2d 982 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “010, we find the State Civil Service Law, RCW 41.06.010 ef seq., sufficiently similar in history, purpose and intent; accordingly, we are bound by its strictures; compare RCW 28B.”
Gogerty v. Dep't of Institutions, 426 P.2d 476 (Wash. 1967). · cites it 2× “RCW 41.06.010. [1, 2] This declared purpose is clearly within the traditional principle of the merit system of public employment, i.”
Sullivan v. Dep't of Transp., 858 P.2d 283 (Wash. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “RCW 41.06.010. All state hiring, promotion, and retention is to be based on the policies in the civil service law.”
City of Seattle v. Auto Sheet Metal Workers Local 387, 620 P.2d 119 (Wash. Ct. App. 1980). · cites it 2× “Former RCW 41.06.010. Section 15 of the initiative, which was referred to by the Governor, enacted as Laws of 1961, ch.”
Reninger v. Dept. of Corr., 901 P.2d 325 (Wash. Ct. App. 1995). “RCW 41.06.010. Plaintiffs, as non-exempt public employees, were entitled to the protection of the State Civil Service Law, RCW 41.”
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