BILL REQ. #:  S-1289.2 

Read first time 01/30/2007.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring that the chair of the fish and wildlife commission be a confirmed commission member; and amending RCW 77.04.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.04.060 and 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 63 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting during the first two months of each calendar quarter, and special meetings when called by the chair and by five members. The chair of the commission shall set the agenda for commission meetings. Five members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
     (2) The commission at a meeting in each odd-numbered year shall elect one of its members as ((chairman)) chair and another member as ((vice chairman)) vice-chair, each of whom shall serve for a term of two years or until a successor is elected and qualified.
     (3) No member may serve as chair of the commission unless that member has been confirmed by the senate.
     (4) Members of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250. In addition, members are allowed their travel expenses incurred while absent from their usual places of residence in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.