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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT HOUSE BILL 1172 Chapter 38, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS—CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM DISSOLUTION EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the House March 4, 2025 Yeas 94 Nays 1 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 2, 2025 Yeas 48 Nays 1 DENNY HECK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1172 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved April 11, 2025 11:13 AM FILED April 14, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington HOUSE BILL 1172 Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Representatives Schmidt and Bronoske Prefiled 01/06/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Local Government. AN ACT Relating to authorizing fire protection districts to dissolve existing civil service systems with approval from the civil service employees; and amending RCW 52.30.040. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: Sec. 1. RCW 52.30.040 and 1984 c 230 s 79 are each amended to read as follows: (1) A fire protection district with a fully-paid fire department may, by resolution of its board of fire commissioners, provide for civil service in its fire department in the same manner, with the same powers, and with the same force and effect as provided by chapter 41.08 RCW for cities, towns, and municipalities, including restrictions against the discharge of an employee because of residence outside the limits of the fire protection district. (2) A fire protection district that has adopted civil service in its fire department as provided for in subsection (1) of this section may dissolve its civil service system if: (a) Its board of fire commissioners adopts a resolution to dissolve the civil service system; and (b) A majority of the civil service employees employed by the fire protection district vote to dissolve the civil service system within 60 calendar days of the adoption of the resolution by the board of fire commissioners. Passed by the House March 4, 2025. Passed by the Senate April 2, 2025. Approved by the Governor April 11, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 14, 2025.
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