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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3391

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Vognild, Newhouse, Moore, Cantu, Rasmussen and Johnson

Read first time 1/29/85 and referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor.

AN ACT Relating to membership on the Washington state liquor control board; amending RCW 66.08.014; and creating a new section.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 64, chapter 62, Laws of 1933 ex. sess. as last amended by section 9, chapter 5, Laws of 1949 and RCW 66.08.014 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The members of the board to be appointed after December 2, 1948 shall be appointed for terms beginning January 15, 1949, and expiring as follows:  One member of the board for a term of three years from January 15, 1949; one member of the board for a term of six years from January 15, 1949; and one member of the board for a term of nine years from January 15, 1949.  Each of the members of the board appointed hereunder shall hold office until his successor is appointed and qualified.  Upon the expiration of the term of any of the three members of the board appointed as aforesaid, each succeeding member of the board shall be appointed and hold office for the term of ((nine)) six years.  In case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired portion of the term in which said vacancy occurs.  No vacancy in the membership of the board shall impair the right of the remaining member or members to act, except as herein otherwise provided.

          (2) The principal office of the board shall be at the state capitol, and it may establish such other offices as it may deem necessary.

          (3) Any member of the board may be removed for inefficiency, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, upon specific written charges filed by the governor, who shall transmit such written charges to the member accused and to the chief justice of the supreme court.  The chief justice shall thereupon designate a tribunal composed of three judges of the superior court to hear and adjudicate the charges.  Such tribunal shall fix the time of the hearing, which shall be public, and the procedure for the hearing, and the decision of such tribunal shall be final and not subject to review by the supreme court.  Removal of any member of the board by the tribunal shall disqualify such member for reappointment.

          (4) Each member of the board shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office and no member of the board shall hold any other public office.  Before entering upon the duties of his office, each of said members of the board shall enter into a surety bond executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, payable to the state of Washington, to be approved by the governor in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, and shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for elective state officers, which oath and bond shall be filed with the secretary of state.  The premium for said bond shall be paid by the board.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Board members appointed to the board under RCW 66.08.014 before the effective date of this act shall serve a maximum of six years of their current term, or until the expiration of their current term, whichever occurs first.