Wash. Rev. Code § 41.14.130

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Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant, the appointing power, if it desires to fill the vacancy, shall requisition the commission for the names and addresses of persons eligible for appointment thereto. Before a requisition can be made, the appointing authority shall give employees of the appointing authority who are in layoff status or who have been notified of an intended layoff an opportunity to qualify for any class within the office of the appointing authority. The commission shall certify the names of the five persons highest on the eligible list for the class to which the vacant position has been allocated, who are willing to accept employment. If there is no appropriate eligible list for the class, the commission shall certify the names of the five persons standing highest on the list held appropriate for such class. If more than one vacancy is to be filled an additional name shall be certified for each additional vacancy. The appointing power shall forthwith appoint a person from those certified to the vacant position.

To enable the appointing power to exercise a greater degree of choice in the filling of positions, no appointment, employment, or promotion in any position in the classified service shall be deemed complete until after the expiration of a period of one year's probationary service, as may be provided in the rules of the civil service commission, during which the appointing power may terminate the employment of the person appointed, if during the performance test thus afforded, upon observation or consideration of the performance of duty, the appointing power deems such person unfit or unsatisfactory for service in the office of county sheriff. Thereupon the appointing power shall again requisition the commission for the names and addresses of persons eligible for appointment in the manner provided by this section and the person appointed in the manner provided by this section shall likewise enter upon said duties for the probationary period, until some person is found who is deemed fit for appointment, employment, or promotion whereupon the appointment, employment, or promotion shall be deemed complete.

[ 2020 c 14 s 2; 1984 c 199 s 2; 1979 ex.s. c 153 s 4; 1959 c 1 s 13 (Initiative Measure No. 23, approved November 4, 1958).]

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Cited in 6 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle

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Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle (2004) wash “Joseph Cater, Public Personnel Administration in the United States 77 (1975).”

Fezzey v. Dodge (1982) washctapp · cites it 3× “The sheriff's hiring duties during the pertinent period of May 1978 to March 1979 were outlined in RCW 41.14.130 (amended 1979): 2 Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant, the appointing power, if it desires to fill the vacancy, shall requisition the…”

Chelan County Deputy Sheriffs' Ass'n v. County of Chelan (1986) washctapp “RCW 41.14.130. We conclude that given the significant change mandated by this statutory enactment, a deputy should not be considered an appointed officer because a sheriff can no longer "appoint" a deputy sheriff as that term was understood at common law.”

Casebere v. Clark County Civil Service Commission (1978) washctapp “" RCW 41.14.130 states in pertinent part: "Whenever a position in the classified service becomes vacant, the appointing power, if it desires to fill the vacancy, shall requisition the commission for the name and address of a person eligible for appointment thereto.”

Seattle Police Officers Guild v. City of Seattle (2004) wash “See RCW 41.14.130; 5 U.S.C. § 3318 ; 15A AM.JUR.”

Jeremy Vahle, An Individual v. City Of Lakewood, A Municipal Corporation (2020) washctapp “Furthermore, our legislature recently amended RCW 41.14.130, the civil service statute establishing a merit system of employment for county sheriff’s offices, to permit the appointing authority with the power to select from the names of “five persons highest on the eligib[ility]…”

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