AN ACT Relating to salaries of elective state officers; amending RCW 43.03.010 and 3.34.130; creating a new section; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1. Section 43.03.010, chapter 8, Laws of 1965 as last amended by section 3, chapter 29, Laws of 1983 1st ex. sess. and RCW 43.03.010 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) ((Effective July 1, 1979, the annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be: Governor, fifty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars; lieutenant governor, twenty-six thousand eight hundred dollars plus a sum equal to 1/260th of the difference between the annual salary of the lieutenant governor and the annual salary of the governor for each day that the lieutenant governor is called upon to perform the duties of the governor by reason of the absence from the state, removal, resignation, death, or disability of the governor; secretary of state, twenty-eight thousand nine hundred dollars; state treasurer, thirty-four thousand eight hundred dollars; state auditor, thirty-four thousand eight hundred dollars; attorney general, forty-four thousand dollars; superintendent of public instruction, forty thousand dollars; commissioner of public lands, forty thousand dollars; state insurance commissioner, thirty-four thousand eight hundred dollars. Members of the legislature shall receive for their service nine thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, effective January 8, 1979; and in addition, ten cents per mile for travel to and from legislative sessions.

~~(2)~~)) Effective ((~~July 1, 1980~~)) January 1, 1987, the annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be: Governor, ((~~sixty-three~~)) seventy-four thousand nine hundred dollars; lieutenant governor, ((~~twenty-eight~~)) forty-one thousand ((~~six~~)) two hundred dollars plus a sum equal to 1/260th of the difference between the annual salary of the lieutenant governor and the annual salary of the governor for each day that the lieutenant governor is called upon to perform the duties of the governor by reason of the absence from the state, removal, resignation, death, or disability of the governor; secretary of state, ((~~thirty-one~~)) forty-two thousand four hundred dollars; state treasurer, ((~~thirty-seven~~)) forty-six thousand ((~~two~~)) four hundred fifty dollars; state auditor, ((~~thirty-seven~~)) forty-six thousand ((~~two~~)) four hundred fifty dollars; attorney general, ((~~forty-seven~~)) fifty-five thousand ((~~one~~)) four hundred fifty dollars; superintendent of public instruction, ((~~forty-two~~)) fifty-three thousand ((~~eight~~)) three hundred dollars; commissioner of public lands, ((~~forty-two~~)) fifty-three thousand ((~~eight~~)) three hundred dollars; state insurance commissioner, ((~~thirty-seven~~)) forty-six thousand ((~~two~~)) four hundred fifty dollars.

(2) Effective January 1, 1988, the annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be: Governor, eighty-six thousand eight hundred dollars; lieutenant governor, fifty-three thousand eight hundred dollars plus a sum equal to 1/260th of the difference between the annual salary of the lieutenant governor and the annual salary of the governor for each day that the lieutenant governor is called upon to perform the duties of the governor by reason of the absence from the state, removal, resignation, death, or disability of the governor; secretary of state, fifty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; state treasurer, fifty-five thousand seven hundred dollars; state auditor, fifty-five thousand seven hundred dollars; attorney general, sixty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; superintendent of public instruction, sixty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; commissioner of public lands, sixty-three thousand eight hundred dollars; state insurance commissioner, fifty-five thousand seven hundred dollars.

(3) Members of the legislature shall receive for their service ((eleven thousand two hundred dollars per annum, effective January 12, 1981, twelve thousand dollars per annum effective January 1, 1982, twelve thousand eight hundred fifty dollars effective January 10, 1983, and)) thirteen thousand seven hundred fifty dollars effective January 1, 1984; fourteen thousand five hundred dollars per annum, effective January 12, 1987; fifteen thousand dollars per annum, effective January 1, 1988; sixteen thousand dollars per annum, effective January 9, 1989; and seventeen thousand dollars per annum, effective January 1, 1990; and in addition, reimbursement for mileage for travel to and from legislative sessions as provided in RCW 43.03.060.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The state committee on salaries shall reexamine the duties and compensation of all state-wide elected officials, develop new recommendations for salaries based upon the reexamination, and establish an objective and automatic method to revise future salaries for the elected officials. A report on the committee's findings shall be submitted to the legislature no later than December 31, 1986.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act shall take effect on January 1, 1987.

Sec. 4. Section 22, chapter 299, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 302, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 3.34.130 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Each district court shall designate one or more persons as judge pro tempore who shall serve during the temporary absence, disqualification, or incapacity of a district judge. The qualifications of a judge pro tempore shall be the same as for a district judge, except that with respect to RCW 3.34.060(1), the person appointed need only be a registered voter of the state. A judge pro tempore may sit in any district of the county for which he or she is appointed. A judge pro tempore shall be paid ((~~for each day he or she holds a session one-two hundred fiftieth of the annual salary of a full time district judge~~)) the salary authorized by the county legislative authority. For each day that a judge pro tempore serves in excess of thirty days during any calendar year, the annual salary of the judge in whose place he or she serves shall be reduced by an amount equal to one-two hundred fiftieth of such salary: PROVIDED, That each full time district judge shall have up to fifteen days annual leave without reduction for service on judicial commissions established by the legislature or the chief justice of the supreme court. No reduction in salary shall occur when a judge pro tempore serves while a district judge is using sick leave granted in accordance with RCW 3.34.100.

(2) The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of reimbursing counties for the salaries of judges pro tempore for certain days in excess of thirty worked per year that the judge pro tempore was required to work as the result of service by a judge on a commission as authorized under subsection (1) of this section. No later than September 1 of each year, each county treasurer shall certify to the administrator for the courts for the year ending the preceding June 30, the number of days in excess of thirty that any judge pro tempore was required to work as the result of service by a judge on a commission as authorized under subsection (1) of this section. Upon receipt of the certification, the administrator for the courts shall reimburse the county from money appropriated for that purpose.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.