BILL REQ. #:  S-3963.1 

Read first time 01/11/2006.   Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.

     AN ACT Relating to compensation for members of the governing body of diking and drainage districts; and amending RCW 85.38.075.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 85.38.075 and 1998 c 121 s 12 are each amended to read as follows:
     The members of the governing body may each receive up to seventy dollars in compensation for attendance at official meetings of the governing body and for each day or major part thereof for all necessary services actually performed in connection with their duties as a member. To be eligible to receive this compensation, the land located within the special district owned by the member of the governing body of that special district shall not be subject to any lien for delinquent special assessments under RCW 85.38.178. The governing body shall fix the compensation to be paid to the eligible members, secretary, and all other agents and employees of the district. Compensation for the members shall not exceed six thousand seven hundred twenty dollars in one calendar year. A member is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with such business, including subsistence and lodging, while away from the member's place of residence, and mileage for use of a privately owned vehicle in accordance with chapter 42.24 RCW.
     Any member 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 secretary as provided in this section. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the member'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.