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SENATE
BILL 5525
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Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State of Washington 56th
Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/26/1999. Referred to
Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation.
Revising provision for
appointment of a county legislative authority member of the forest practices
board.
AN ACT Relating to
appointment of a county legislative authority member of the forest practices
board; and amending RCW 76.09.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 76.09.030 and 1995 c
399 s 207 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) There is hereby
created the forest practices board of the state of Washington as an agency of
state government consisting of members as follows:
(a) The commissioner of
public lands or the commissioner's designee;
(b) The director of the
department of community, trade, and economic development or the director's
designee;
(c) The director of the
department of agriculture or the director's designee;
(d) The director of the
department of ecology or the director's designee;
(e) An elected member
of a county legislative authority appointed by the governor exclusively from
one list of three persons provided by the Washington state association of
counties: PROVIDED, That such member's service on the board shall be
conditioned on the member's continued service as an elected county official;
and
(f) Six members of the
general public appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be an owner of not
more than five hundred acres of forest land, and one of whom shall be an
independent logging contractor.
(2) ((The members of
the initial board appointed by the governor shall be appointed so that the term
of one member shall expire December 31, 1975, the term of one member shall
expire December 31, 1976, the term of one member shall expire December 31,
1977, the terms of two members shall expire December 31, 1978, and the terms of
two members shall expire December 31, 1979. Thereafter,)) Each
member shall be appointed for a term of four years. Vacancies on the board
shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments. Each member
of the board shall continue in office until his or her successor is appointed
and qualified. The commissioner of public lands or the commissioner's designee
shall be the chairman of the board.
(3) The board shall
meet at such times and places as shall be designated by the chairman or upon
the written request of the majority of the board. The principal office of the
board shall be at the state capital.
(4) Members of the
board, except public employees and elected officials, shall be compensated in
accordance with RCW 43.03.250. Each member shall be entitled to reimbursement
for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in
RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(5) The
board may employ such clerical help and staff pursuant to chapter 41.06 RCW as
is necessary to carry out its duties.
