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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 85.38.075: Governing body — Compensation and expenses.

    The members of the governing body may each receive up to seventy dollars for attendance at official meetings of the governing body and for each day or major part thereof for all necessary services actually performed in connection with their duties as a member. The governing body shall fix the compensation to be paid to the members, secretary, and all other agents and employees of the district. Compensation for the members shall not exceed six thousand seven hundred twenty dollars in one calendar year. A member is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses actually incurred in connection with such business, including subsistence and lodging, while away from the member's place of residence, and mileage for use of a privately owned vehicle in accordance with chapter 42.24 RCW.

         Any member may waive all or any portion of his or her compensation payable under this section as to any month or months during his or her term of office, by a written waiver filed with the secretary as provided in this section. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the member's election and prior to the date on which the compensation would otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for which it is made.

    [1998 c 121 § 12.]

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