FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5380

                           C 77 L 97

                      Synopsis as Enacted

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

Sponsors:  Senators Horn, Haugen, Benton, Franklin, Zarelli and Bauer.

Senate Committee on Government Operations

House Committee on Government Administration

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:  The compensation for a member of a boundary review board is raised from $25 to $50 per day.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 46 1

House     98 0

Effective:  July 27, 1997