SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 6103

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

            Government Operations, January 18, 1996

Title:  An act relating to boundary review board members' per diem.

Brief Description:  Raising the maximum per diem for boundary review board members.

Sponsors:  Senators Haugen and Winsley.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Government Operations:  1/16/96, 1/18/96 [DPS].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 6103 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

  Signed by Senators Haugen, Chair; Sheldon, Vice Chair; Heavey, McCaslin and Winsley.

Staff:  Eugene Green (786-7405)

Background:  State law establishes a boundary review board in each county with a population of 210,000 or more (King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Clark).  A boundary review board may be established in any other county by either resolution of the county legislative authority or by a petition signed by qualified electors.  The boundary review board in each county with a population of one million or more (King) consists of 11 members.  The boundary review board in each county with a population of one million or less consists of five members.

Each member of a boundary review board is compensated from the county current expense fund at a rate of $25 per day for time actually devoted to work of the board.  This amount has not changed since the enactment of boundary review boards in 1967.  Most major special purpose district commissioners receive a per diem of $50 and the total per diem cannot exceed $4,800 in a term.

Summary of Substitute Bill:  The compensation for a boundary review board members is raised from $25 to $50 per day.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:  There was a correction of a printing error.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  The compensation has not been changed for 29 years.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Miriam Graves, Dick Schoon, State Assn. Boundary Review Boards (pro); Gary Lowe, Assn. of Counties (pro).