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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 3007
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
C 212 L 90
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representative Nealey)
Read first time 2/2/90.
AN ACT Relating to notice of employee pension plans provided by third class cities and fourth class municipalities; and amending RCW 35.24.090 and 35.27.130.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 35.24.090, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 1, chapter 87, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 35.24.090 are each amended to read as follows:
The mayor
and the members of the city council may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred
in the discharge of their official duties, upon presentation of a claim
therefor, after allowance and approval thereof, by resolution of the city
council; and each city ((councilman)) councilmember may be paid
for attending council meetings an amount which shall be fixed by ordinance and
may be revised from time to time by ordinance, but any increase or reduction in
the compensation attaching to an office shall not be applicable to the term
then being served by the incumbent.
The city attorney, clerk and treasurer, if elective, shall severally receive at stated times a compensation to be fixed by ordinance by the city council.
The mayor and other officers shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the city council at the time the estimates are made as provided by law.
Any city that provides a pension for any of its employees under a plan not administered by the state must notify the state auditor of the existence of the plan at the time of an audit of the city by the auditor. No city may establish a pension plan for its employees that is not administered by the state, except that any defined contribution plan in existence as of January 1, 1990, is deemed to have been authorized. No city that provides a defined contribution plan for its employees as authorized by this section may make any material changes in the terms or conditions of the plan after the effective date of this 1990 act.
Sec. 2. Section 35.27.130, chapter 7, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 2, chapter 87, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 35.27.130 are each amended to read as follows:
The mayor and members of the town council may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties upon presentation of a claim therefor and its allowance and approval by resolution of the town council. The mayor and members of the council may also receive such salary as the council may fix by ordinance.
The treasurer and treasurer-clerk shall severally receive at stated times a compensation to be fixed by ordinance.
The compensation of all other officers shall be fixed from time to time by the council.
Any town that provides a pension for any of its employees under a plan not administered by the state must notify the state auditor of the existence of the plan at the time of an audit of the town by the auditor. No town may establish a pension plan for its employees that is not administered by the state, except that any defined contribution plan in existence as of January 1, 1990, is deemed to have been authorized. No town that provides a defined contribution plan for its employees as authorized by this section may make any material changes in the terms or conditions of the plan after the effective date of this 1990 act.