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                                                     SENATE BILL 5747

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge, Moore, Owen, McCaslin and Oke

Read first time 02/11/93.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Changing provisions relating to legislative accountability.

          AN ACT Relating to open government; and amending RCW 43.06.092 and 43.88.080.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 43.06.092 and 1981 c 338 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Any gubernatorial appointee subject to senate confirmation ((shall continue to)) may not serve ((unless rejected)) in the appointed position until confirmed by a vote of the senate.  An appointee who is rejected by a vote of the senate shall not be reappointed to the same position for a period of one year from termination of service.

          (2) Any person appointed by the governor to fill the unexpired term of an appointment subject to senate confirmation must also be confirmed by the senate.

        Sec. 2.  RCW 43.88.080 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 100 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Adoption of the omnibus appropriation bill or bills by the legislature shall constitute adoption of the budget and the making of appropriations therefor.  A budget for state government shall be finally adopted not later than thirty calendar days prior to the beginning of the ensuing biennium.

(2) For each day that the budget is not adopted beyond the date specified in subsection (1) of this section, each state representative and state senator shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to the member's per diem and one three hundred sixty-fifth of his or her annual salary, and the governor shall be subject to a civil penalty equal to one three hundred sixty-fifth of his or her annual salary.  Such civil penalty may not be paid out of any state fund or account.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  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.

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