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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1415
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By House Committee on Government Administration (originally sponsored by Representatives Chandler, Doumit, D. Schmidt, Murray, Radcliff, Cody, Johnson, Thompson, Sheldon, Cooper, Costa, Hatfield, McMorris, Sullivan and Kessler)
Read first time 02/11/97.
AN ACT Relating to compensation for public utility district commissioners; and amending RCW 54.12.080.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 54.12.080 and 1985 c 330 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Commissioners of public utility districts are eligible to receive salaries as follows:
(a)
Each public utility district commissioner of a district operating utility
properties shall receive a salary of one thousand three hundred dollars per
month during a calendar year ((which shall depend upon the total gross
revenue of the district from its distribution system and its generating system,
if any, for)) if the district received total gross revenue of over
fifteen million dollars during the fiscal year ending June 30th ((prior
to such)) before the calendar year((, based upon the following
schedule:
REVENUE SALARY
OVER $15 million $500 per month
$2
to 15 million $350 per month)).
However, the board of commissioners of such a public utility district may pass
a resolution increasing the rate of salary up to any specific dollar amount.
(b) Each public utility district commissioner of a district operating utility properties shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars per month during a calendar year if the district received total gross revenue of from two million dollars to fifteen million dollars during the fiscal year ending June 30th before the calendar year. However, the board of commissioners of such a public utility district may pass a resolution increasing the rate of salary up to any specific dollar amount.
(c)
Commissioners of other districts shall serve without salary ((unless the
district provides by)). However, the board of commissioners of such a
public utility district may pass a resolution providing ((for the
payment thereof, which however shall not exceed two hundred dollars per month
for each commissioner)) salaries of any specific dollar amount.
(2)
In addition to salary, all districts may provide by resolution for the payment
of per diem compensation to each commissioner at a rate not exceeding fifty
dollars for each day or major part thereof devoted to the business of the
district, and days upon which ((he)) the commissioner attends
meetings of the commission of ((his)) the district or meetings
attended by one or more commissioners of two or more districts called to
consider business common to them, but such compensation paid during any one
year to a commissioner shall not exceed seven thousand dollars. Per diem
compensation shall not be paid for services of a ministerial or professional
nature.
(((2)))
(3) Any commissioner may waive all or any portion of his or her
compensation payable under this section as to any month or months during his or
her term of office, by a written waiver filed with the district as provided in
this section. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the
commissioner's election and prior to the date on which the compensation would
otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for
which it is made.
(((3)))
(4) Each district commissioner shall be reimbursed for reasonable
expenses actually incurred in connection with such business and meetings,
including his subsistence and lodging and travel while away from his place of
residence.
(((4))) (5) Any district providing group insurance
for its employees, covering them, their immediate family and dependents, may
provide insurance for its commissioner with the same coverage.
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