For personnel initially employed before January 1, 1990, such training shall be successfully completed during the first fifteen months of employment of such personnel unless otherwise extended or waived by the commission and shall be requisite to the continuation of such employment. Personnel initially employed on or after January 1, 1990, shall commence basic training during the first six months of employment unless the basic training requirement is otherwise waived or extended by the commission. Successful completion of basic training is requisite to the continuation of employment of such personnel initially employed on or after January 1, 1990.
PROVIDED FURTHER, That limited authority Washington law enforcement agencies as defined in RCW 10.93.020 shall reimburse the commission for the full cost of training their personnel.
RCW 43.101.200
Reviser's note: This section was amended by 2023 c 168 § 2 and by 2023 c 475 § 931, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).
Effective date- 2023 c 475: See note following RCW 16.76.030.
Conflict with federal requirements-Effective date- 2021 c 334: See notes following RCW 43.79.555.
Effective date- 2019 c 415: See note following RCW 28B.20.476.
Effective date- 2017 3rd sp.s. c 1: See note following RCW 43.41.455.
Effective dates- 2015 3rd sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 28B.15.069.
Effective dates- 2013 2nd sp.s. c 4: See note following RCW 2.68.020.
Effective dates- 2011 1st sp.s. c 50: See note following RCW 15.76.115.
Severability-1997 c 351: "If any provision of this 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." [ 1997 c 351 § 14.]
Effective date-1997 c 351: "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 [May 13, 1997]." [ 1997 c 351 § 15.]
Severability-Effective dates-1993 sp.s. c 24: See notes following RCW 28A.310.020.
Effective dates-1993 sp.s. c 21: See note following RCW 82.14.310.