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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3817

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senator Conner

Read first time 2/7/85 and referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.

AN ACT Relating to deputy voter registrars; and amending RCW 29.07.010 and 29.07.040.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 29.07.010, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 3, chapter 211, Laws of 1984 and RCW 29.07.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) In all counties, the county auditor shall be the chief registrar of voters for every precinct within the county.  He or she shall appoint ((a deputy registrar for each precinct or group of precincts and shall appoint)) all precinct committeemen and city or town clerks as deputy registrars to assist in registering persons residing in cities, towns, and rural precincts within the county.

          (2) In addition, the auditor shall appoint a deputy registrar for each common school.  A deputy registrar in a common school shall be a school official or school employee.  The auditor shall appoint a deputy registrar for each fire station that he or she finds is convenient to the public for registration purposes and is adequately staffed so that registration would not be a great inconvenience for the fire station personnel.  A fire station appointee shall be a person employed at the station.

          (3) The auditor shall also appoint deputy registrars to provide voter registration services for each state office providing voter registration under RCW 29.07.025.

          (4) A deputy registrar shall be a registered voter.  Except for precinct committeemen and city and town clerks, each registrar shall hold office at the pleasure of the county auditor.  A precinct committeeman may be removed as a deputy registrar only for cause shown by the county auditor.

          (5) The county auditor shall be the custodian of the official registration records of each precinct within that county.

        Sec. 2.  Section 29.07.040, chapter 9, Laws of 1965 as amended by section 6, chapter 202, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. and RCW 29.07.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          Each deputy registrar, other than city or town clerks or precinct committeemen so deputized, ((shall be)) is entitled to receive a fee of not less than twenty cents, the exact fee to be set by the ((board of)) county ((commissioners)) legislative authority, for each elector registered((:  PROVIDED, That)).  However, no employee of the county receiving a salary ((shall be)) is entitled to such fees.