The annual salaries of the following named state elected officials shall be prescribed by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials: Governor; lieutenant governor: PROVIDED, That in arriving at the annual salary of the lieutenant governor the commission shall prescribe a fixed amount 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; state treasurer; state auditor; attorney general; superintendent of public instruction; commissioner of public lands; and state insurance commissioner. Members of the legislature shall receive for their service per annum the amount prescribed by the Washington citizens' commission on salaries for elected officials; and in addition, reimbursement for mileage for travel to and from legislative sessions as provided in RCW 43.03.060. [ 1989 c 10 s 8. Prior: 1986 c 161 s 1; 1986 c 155 s 8; 1983 1st ex.s. c 29 s 3; 1979 ex.s. c 255 s 1; 1977 ex.s. c 318 s 1; 1975-'76 2nd ex.s. c 113 s 1; 1975 1st ex.s. c 263 s 1; 1974 ex.s. c 149 s 2 (Initiative Measure No. 282, approved November 6, 1973); 1967 ex.s. c 100 s 1; 1965 ex.s. c 127 s 4; 1965 c 8 s 43.03.010; prior: 1965 c 1 s 2; 1961 c 5 s 1; 1959 c 316 s 1; 1949 c 48 s 1; Rem. Supp. 1949 s 10965-1; prior: 1947 c 79 s .02.04; 1945 c 116 s 1; 1939 c 226 s 1; 1925 ex.s. c 163 s 1; 1925 ex.s. c 90 s 1; 1919 c 124 ss 1, 2; 1907 c 94 s 1.]
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