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                                          ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 3065

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Bottiger and Hayner

Read first time 1/15/85 and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AN ACT Relating to members of the legislature; amending RCW 44.04.120; repealing RCW 44.04.080; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 10, Laws of 1959 ex. sess. as last amended by section 3, chapter 255, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 44.04.120 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((Except where the provisions of RCW 44.04.080 apply,)) Each member of the senate or house of representatives when serving on official legislative business shall be entitled to receive, in lieu of per diem or any other payment, for each day or major portion thereof in which he is actually engaged in legislative business or business of the committee, commission, or council, notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, an allowance in an amount fixed by the secretary of the senate and chief clerk of the house, respectively, in accordance with applicable rules and resolutions of each body.  Such allowance shall be reasonably calculated to reimburse expenses, exclusive of mileage, which are ordinary and necessary in the conduct of legislative business, recognizing cost variances which are encountered in different locales.  The allowance authorized shall not exceed the greater of forty-four dollars per day or the maximum daily amount determined under RCW 43.03.050, as now or hereafter amended.  In addition, a mileage allowance shall be paid at the rate per mile provided for in RCW 43.03.060, as now or hereafter amended, when authorized by the house, committee, commission, or council of which he is a member and on the business of which he is engaged.

          ((This section shall not apply to any official travel by legislators which is subject to the provisions of Article 2, section 23 of the state Constitution.))

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  Section 1, chapter 173, Laws of 1941, section 1, chapter 4, Laws of 1945, section 2, chapter 2, Laws of 1953 ex. sess., section 1, chapter 3, Laws of 1957, section 1, chapter 3, Laws of 1965, section 6, chapter 127, Laws of 1965 ex. sess., section 2, chapter 3, Laws of 1969, section 2, chapter 255, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 44.04.080 are each repealed.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.