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Code · Washington · Title 72 — State Institutions · Chapter 72.09

RCW 72.09.030

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There is created a department of state government to be known as the department of corrections. The executive head of the department shall be the secretary of corrections who shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and shall receive a salary to be fixed under RCW 43.03.040 .
[ 1981 c 136 s 3 .]
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