§9691A-2. (ii) 1935 c 133 §3; RRS §9691A-3. (iii) 1935 c 133 §4; RRS §9691A-4. (iv) 1935 c 133 §5; RRS §9691A-5. (v) 1935 c 133 §6; RRS §9691A-6. (vi) 1935 c 133 §7; RRS §9691A-7.]
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Purpose - 1979 ex.s. c 126: See RCW 29.04.170 (1).
53.12.175 Reducing port commissioner terms - Ballot proposition.
A ballot proposition to reduce the terms of office of port commissioners from six years to four years shall be submitted to the voters of any port district that otherwise would have commissioners with six-year terms of office upon either resolution of the port commissioners or petition of voters of the port district proposing the reduction in terms of office, which petition has been signed by voters of the port district equal in number to at least ten percent of the number of voters in the port district voting at the last general election. The petition shall be submitted to the county auditor. If the petition was signed by sufficient valid signatures, the ballot proposition shall be submitted at the next general or special election that occurs sixty or more days after the adoption of the resolution or submission of the petition.
If the ballot proposition reducing the terms of office of port commissioners is approved by a simple majority vote of the voters voting on the proposition, the commissioner or commissioners who are elected at that election shall be elected to four-year terms of office. The terms of office of the other commissioners shall not be reduced, but each successor shall be elected to a four-year term of office. [1994 c 223 §89; 1992 c 146 §3.]
53.12.221 Terms - Districts covering entire county with populations of one hundred thousand or more.
Port commissioners of county-wide port districts with populations of one hundred thousand or more who are holding office as of June 11,1992, shall retain their positions for the remainder of their terms until their successors are elected and qualified, and assume office in accordance with RCW 29.04.170. Their successors shall be elected to four-year terms of office except as otherwise provided in RCW 53.12.130. [1992 c 146 §4.]
53.12.245 Organization of commission - Powers and duties - Record of proceedings.
The port commission shall organize by the election of its own members of a president and secretary, shall by resolution adopt rules governing the transaction of its business and shall adopt an official seal. All proceedings of the port commission shall be by motion or resolution recorded in a book or books kept for such purpose, which shall be public records. [1955 c 348 §6.]
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Severability - 1955 c 348: See note following RCW 53.08.120.
Public records: Title 40 RCW, chapter 42.17 RCW.
53.12.26 Quorum.
A majority of the persons holding the office of port commissioner at any time shall constitute a quorum of the port commission for the transaction of business, and the concurrence of a majority of the persons holding such office at the time shall be necessary and shall be sufficient for the passage of any resolution, but no business shall be transacted unless there are in office at least a majority of the full number of commissioners fixed by law. [1959 c 17 §12. Prior: 1913 c 62 §2, part; 1911 c 92 §3, part; RRS §9690]
53.12.260 Compensation.
(1) Each commissioner of a port district shall receive fifty dollars per day or portion thereof spent (a) in actual attendance at official meetings of the port district commission, or (b) in performance of other service in behalf of the district. The total per diem compensation of a port commissioner shall not exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars in a year, or six thousand dollars in any year for a port district with gross operating income of twenty-five million or more in the preceding calendar year.
(2) Port commissioners shall receive additional compensation as follows: (a) Each commissioner of a port district with gross operating revenues of twenty-five million dollars or more in the preceding calendar year shall receive a salary of five hundred dollars per month; and (b) each commissioner of a port district with gross operating revenues of from one million dollars to less than twenty-five million dollars in the preceding calendar year shall receive a salary of two hundred dollars per month.
(3) In lieu of the compensation specified in this section, a port commission may set compensation to be paid to commissioners.
(4) For any commissioner who has not elected to become a member of public employees retirement system before May 1, 1975, the compensation provided pursuant to this section shall not be considered salary for purposes of the provisions of any retirement system created pursuant to the general laws of this state nor shall attendance at such meetings or other service on behalf of the district constitute service as defined in RCW 41.40.010 (9): PROVIDED, That in the case of a port district when commissioners are receiving compensation and contributing to the public employees retirement system, these benefits shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 53.12.260 and 53.12.265. [1992 c 146 §12; 1985 c 330 §3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 187 §1.]
53.12.265 Waiver of compensation.
A commissioner of any port district may waive all or any portion of his compensation payable under RCW 53.12.260 as to any month or months during his term of office, by a written waiver filed with the secretary of the commission. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the commissioner's election and prior to the date on which said compensation would otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for which it is made. [1975 1st ex.s. c 187 §2.]
