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SENATE BILL NO. 6746
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Senator McDonald
Read first time 2/4/88 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
AN ACT Relating to the citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials; and amending RCW 43.03.310.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 3, chapter 155, Laws of 1986 and RCW 43.03.310 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials shall study the relationship of salaries to the duties of members of the legislature, all elected officials of the executive branch of state government, and all judges of the supreme court, court of appeals, superior courts, and district courts, and shall fix the salary for each respective position.
(2) Except as provided otherwise in this section, the commission shall be solely responsible for its own organization, operation, and action and shall enjoy the fullest cooperation of all state officials, departments, and agencies.
(3) Members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be eligible to receive a subsistence allowance and travel expenses pursuant to RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.
(4) The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among their number. The commission shall set a schedule of salaries by an affirmative vote of not less than eight members of the commission.
(5) The
commission shall file its ((initial)) schedule of salaries for the
elected officials with the secretary of state ((no later than the first
Monday in June, 1987,)) on the first business day in February 1989
and shall file a schedule on the first business day in February
biennially thereafter. Each such schedule shall be filed in legislative bill
form, shall be assigned a chapter number and published with the session laws of
the legislature, and shall be codified by the statute law committee. The
signature of the chairperson of the commission shall be affixed to each
schedule submitted to the secretary of state. The chairperson shall certify
that the schedule has been adopted in accordance with the provisions of state
law and with the rules, if any, of the commission. Such schedules shall become
effective ninety days after the filing thereof, except as provided in Article
XXVIII, section 1 of the state Constitution. State laws regarding referendum
petitions shall apply to such schedules to the extent consistent with Article
XXVIII, section 1 of the state Constitution.
(6) Prior to the filing of any salary schedule, the commission shall hold no fewer than four public hearings thereon within the four months immediately preceding the filing.
(7) All meetings, actions, hearings, and business of the commission shall be subject in full to the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW.
(8) Salaries of the officials referred to in subsection (1) of this section that are in effect on January 12, 1987, shall continue until modified by the commission under this section.