CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5319

Chapter 290, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

MUNICIPAL RESEARCH COUNCIL--MEMBERSHIP

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/1/01

Passed by the Senate April 20, 2001

YEAS 45 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 19, 2001

YEAS 94 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5319 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 14, 2001

FILED

May 14, 2001 - 3:16 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5319

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on State & Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Horn and Gardner)

READ FIRST TIME 2/05/01.

AN ACT Relating to the municipal research council; amending RCW 43.110.010; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 43.110.010 and 1997 c 437 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

There shall be a state agency which shall be known as the municipal research council. The council shall be composed of ((~~twenty-three~~)) fourteen members. ((~~Four~~)) Two members shall be appointed by the president of the senate, with equal representation from each of the two major political parties; ((~~four~~)) two members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, with equal representation from each of the two major political parties; one member shall be ((~~appointed by the governor independently~~)) the director of community, trade, and economic development; ((~~nine~~)) six members, who shall be city or town officials, shall be appointed by the governor from a list of ((~~nine~~)) six nominees submitted by the board of directors of the association of Washington cities; and ((~~five~~)) three members, who shall be county officials, shall be appointed by the governor, ((~~two~~)) one of whom shall be ((~~from a list of two nominees~~)) a nominee submitted by the board of directors of the Washington association of county officials, and ((~~three~~)) two of whom shall be from a list of ((~~three~~)) two nominees submitted by the board of directors of the Washington state association of counties. Of the city or town officials, at least one shall be an official of a city having a population of twenty thousand or more; at least one shall be an official of a city having a population of one thousand five hundred to twenty thousand; and at least one shall be an official of a town having a population of less than one thousand five hundred.

The terms of members shall be for two years. The terms of those members who are appointed as legislators or city, town, or county officials shall be dependent upon continuance in legislative, city, town, or county office. The terms of all members except legislative members shall commence on the first day of August in every odd-numbered year. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall make their appointments on or before the third Monday in January in each odd-numbered year, and the terms of the members thus appointed shall commence on the third Monday of January in each odd-numbered year.

Council members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses at rates in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended, except that members of the council who are also members of the legislature shall be reimbursed at the rates provided by RCW 44.04.120.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2001.