RCW 41.06.250
Political activities.
(1) Solicitation for or payment to any partisan, political organization or for any partisan, political purpose of any compulsory assessment or involuntary contribution is prohibited: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That officers of employee associations shall not be prohibited from soliciting dues or contributions from members of their associations. No person shall solicit on state property or property of a political subdivision of this state any contribution to be used for partisan, political purposes.
(2) Employees of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall have the right to vote and to express their opinions on all political subjects and candidates and to hold any political party office or participate in the management of a partisan, political campaign. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof from participating fully in campaigns relating to constitutional amendments, referendums, initiatives, and issues of a similar character, and for nonpartisan offices.
(3) A classified civil service employee shall not hold a part time public office in a political subdivision of the state when the holding of such office is incompatible with, or substantially interferes with, the discharge of official duties in state employment.
(4) For persons employed in state agencies or agencies of any political subdivision of the state the operation of which is financed in total or primarily by federal grant-in-aid funds political activity will be regulated by the rules and regulations of the United States civil service commission.
(5) The provisions of this section shall supersede all statutes, charter provisions, ordinances, resolutions, regulations, and requirements promulgated by the state or any subdivision thereof, including any provision of any county charter, insofar as they may be in conflict with the provisions of this section.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 136 § 1; 1961 c 1 § 25 (Initiative Measure No. 207, approved November 8, 1960).]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions
Chapter 41.06 - State Civil Service Law.
41.06.010 - Declaration of purpose.
41.06.022 - "Manager"—Definition.
41.06.070 - Exemptions to chapter—Right of reversion.
41.06.071 - Department of corrections—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.073 - Department of ecology—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.074 - Department of health—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.075 - Office of financial management—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.076 - Department of social and health services—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.077 - Department of veterans affairs—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.079 - Department of transportation—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.083 - Law revision commission—Personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.084 - Department of agriculture—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.085 - World fair commission—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.086 - Washington state school directors' association—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.088 - State internship program—Positions exempt from chapter.
41.06.093 - Washington state patrol—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.094 - Consolidated technology services agency—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.095 - Office of archaeology and historic preservation—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.096 - Life sciences discovery fund authority—Personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.097 - Department of children, youth, and families—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.0971 - Department of children, youth, and families—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.098 - Puget Sound partnership—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.099 - Department of enterprise services—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.101 - Office of the chief information officer—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.102 - Criminal justice training commission—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.103 - Office of independent investigations—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.133 - Rules of director—Personnel administration—Required agency report.
41.06.150 - Rules of director—Mandatory subjects—Personnel administration.
41.06.152 - Job classification revisions, class studies, salary adjustments—Limitations.
41.06.155 - Salaries—Implementation of changes to achieve comparable worth.
41.06.157 - Comprehensive classification plan for classified positions—Contents—Salary surveys.
41.06.162 - State salary schedule.
41.06.170 - Reduction, suspension, dismissal, demotion of employee—Right to appeal.
41.06.176 - Employee performance evaluations—Written notification of deficiencies.
41.06.186 - Employee performance evaluations—Termination of employment—Rules.
41.06.204 - Use of false academic credentials—Penalties.
41.06.220 - Reinstatement after appeal, guaranteed rights and benefits.
41.06.250 - Political activities.
41.06.260 - Conflict with federal requirements—Effect—Rules to conform chapter.
41.06.280 - Personnel service fund—Created—Charges to agencies, payment—Use, disbursement.
41.06.285 - Higher education personnel service fund.
41.06.290 - Personnel subject to chapter 47.64 RCW not affected.
41.06.350 - Acceptance of federal funds authorized.
41.06.395 - Training programs on sexual harassment.
41.06.410 - Agency training and career development plans—Budget.
41.06.450 - Destruction or retention of information relating to employee misconduct.
41.06.455 - Destruction of employee records authorized if consistent with other laws.
41.06.460 - Application of RCW 41.06.450 and 41.06.455 to classified and exempt employees.
41.06.475 - Employees with unsupervised access to children—Rules for background investigation.
41.06.476 - Background investigation rules—Updating.
41.06.490 - State employee return-to-work program.
41.06.500 - Managers—Rules—Goals.
41.06.510 - Institutions of higher education—Designation of personnel officer.
41.06.530 - Personnel resource and management policy—Implementation.
41.06.540 - Joint employee-management committees.
41.06.550 - Volunteer firefighters—Call to duty.
41.06.560 - Monetary performance-based awards or incentives—Restrictions.
41.06.570 - Executive agencies—Paid leave for life-giving procedures—Limitations—Intent—Definition.
41.06.580 - Energy facility site evaluation council—Certain personnel exempted from chapter.
41.06.912 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.