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Committee advances bill updating river district compensation and contract thresholds
Summary
Senate Bill 140, which updates per‑diem compensation for river district members and raises statutory contract thresholds while adding an inflation adjustment every five years, advanced unanimously out of the Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee after brief testimony from irrigation district representatives.
The Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 20 advanced Senate Bill 140, a statutory update to long‑dated dollar values for water district governance and contract thresholds.
Sponsor Senator Pelton told the committee the bill updates language in statute governing 1905 river districts, increasing member compensation from $100 per day to $150 per day and raising certain contract thresholds from $400,000 to…
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