H-0731.1 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1269
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives Dunshee, Wolfe, Riley, Linville, Pruitt, Quall, R. Meyers, Zellinsky, Eide, Veloria, Karahalios, Brough, Talcott and Schoesler
Read first time 01/20/93. Referred to Committee on State Government.
AN ACT Relating to the public disclosure commission; and amending RCW 42.17.350.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 42.17.350 and 1984 c 287 s 74 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There is hereby established a
"public disclosure commission" which shall be composed of five
members ((who shall be)) appointed by the governor, with the consent of
the senate, and one member selected by lot from each congressional district
in the state.
(2) The following apply to members appointed by the governor: All appointees shall be persons of the highest integrity and qualifications. No more than three members shall have an identification with the same political party. The original members shall be appointed within sixty days after January 1, 1973. The term of each member shall be five years except that the original five members shall serve initial terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, as designated by the governor.
(3) The following apply to the remaining members of the commission: From each congressional district in the state, the secretary of state shall select one person for appointment as a member of the commission. The selection shall be made by lot from the names of those registered voters eligible to vote at the general election held in November 1992, and thereafter from among those registered voters eligible to vote at the time of the selection. The secretary shall establish policies and procedures for conducting the selection by lot. The policies and procedures shall include, but not be limited to, those for notifying persons selected, for providing a new selection from a congressional district if a person selected from the district declines appointment to the commission, and for filling vacancies in positions on the commission which are filled by selections made by lot. The secretary shall forward to the governor the names of persons selected in this manner and the governor shall appoint the persons as members of the commission.
(4) No member of the commission, during
his or her tenure, shall (((1))): Hold or campaign for
elective office; (((2))) be an officer of any political party or
political committee; (((3))) permit his or her name to be used,
or make contributions, in support of or in opposition to any candidate or
proposition; (((4))) participate in any way in any election campaign; or
(((5))) lobby or employ or assist a lobbyist: PROVIDED, That a member
or the staff of the commission may lobby to the limited extent permitted by RCW
42.17.190 on matters directly affecting this chapter. No member shall be
eligible for appointment to more than one full term. ((A vacancy on the
commission shall be filled within thirty days of the vacancy by the governor,
with the consent of the senate, and the appointee))
(5) For a vacancy in any position on the
commission, a successor shall be selected and appointed to fill the unexpired
term. The selection and appointment shall be concluded within thirty days of
the date the position becomes vacant and shall be conducted in the same manner
as originally provided for the member whose position was vacated. The person
appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve for the remaining term of his or
her predecessor. A vacancy shall not impair the powers of the remaining
members to exercise all of the powers of the commission. ((Three))
(6) A majority of the members ((of))
serving on the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission
shall elect its own chairman and adopt its own rules of procedure in the manner
provided in chapter 34.05 RCW. Any member of the commission may be removed by
the governor, but only upon grounds of neglect of duty or misconduct in office or
for a disqualifying change of residence.
Members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and in addition shall be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred while engaged in the business of the commission as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060. The compensation provided pursuant to this section shall not be considered salary for purposes of the provisions of any retirement system created pursuant to the general laws of this state.
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