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Senate Finance approves printing of bill to raise commissioners' pay; routing slip printed by unanimous consent
Summary
The Idaho Senate Finance Committee voted to print RS 32564, which would raise statutory salaries for the Public Utilities Commission, State Tax Commission and Industrial Commission; the committee printed the routing slip by unanimous consent and noted funding would be addressed later in the budget process.
The Idaho Senate Finance Committee voted to print routing slip RS 32564, a proposal to increase statutory salaries for three state commissions, and ordered the routing slip to be printed and forwarded to the Senate.
Keith Bybee, division manager of budget policy analysis, told the committee the draft bill would amend Idaho Code to increase pay for three commissioners "by a dollar 55, similar to the action this committee took on February, with the CEC for state employees." Bybee gave the salary figures included in the statement of purpose: Public Utilities Commission chair pay would rise from $126,424 to $129,648; the State Tax Commissioner from $117,396 to $120,620; and the Industrial Commissioner from $123,126 to $126,350.
Vice Chair Woodward moved to print routing slip 32564 and Senator Carlson seconded the motion before the committee ultimately used unanimous consent to print the routing slip. Committee leadership clarified that these three sets of commissioners are handled separately from the standard CEC process and that, if the bill advances, funding would later be approved through the budget process (JFAC) after the bill moves through the Senate and any House consideration.
The committee did not make any funding appropriation at the time of the vote; members said funding would be addressed later once the bill progresses and is taken up in the budget-setting process.
