HOUSE BILL REPORT
SB 6549
BYSenators Smith, Sutherland and Bauer
Changing the term "salary" to "compensation" for public utility district employees.
House Committe on Local Government
Majority Report: Do pass. (14)
Signed by Representatives Haugen, Chair; Cooper, Vice Chair; Ferguson, Ranking Republican Member; Horn, Kirby, Nealey, Nelson, Nutley, Phillips, Raiter, Rayburn, Wolfe, Wood and Zellinsky.
House Staff:Steve Lundin (786-7127)
AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 27, 1990
BACKGROUND:
Public utility districts (PUD's) are required to hire a manager, and to fix the salary of the manager. Among other duties, the manager recommends to the commission both employee salaries and a "scale of salaries or wages to be paid for the different classes of service required by the district."
SUMMARY:
Public utility districts are authorized to provide compensation, instead of a salary, for the manager. The manager is authorized to make recommendations to the commission on compensation, instead of salaries, for district employees.
Fiscal Note: Not Requested.
House Committee ‑ Testified For: No one.
House Committee - Testified Against: No one.
House Committee - Testimony For: None.
House Committee - Testimony Against: None.