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Representative Handy introduces bill to standardize pay for dozens of small elected local boards; committee introduces RS 32‑647 as amended
Summary
Representative Clay Handy told the House State Affairs Committee he drafted a rewrite to standardize compensation and reimbursements for roughly 19–20 small elected local boards; the committee approved introduction of RS 32‑647 as amended to add an additional district type (DRMDD 512).
Representative Clay Handy (District 27) presented a legislative rewrite to standardize compensation and reimbursement rules for a group of small elected local boards and special districts. Handy said he had compiled current compensation approaches and sought to put the first 19 (later 20 with an added line) district types into a single statutory framework so that expectations for meeting pay, reimbursement and mileage are explicit rather than left to variable local practice.
Handy said the draft consolidates existing code language and eliminates ambiguity about whether small boards receive meeting pay or only reimbursement. He told the committee the bill would list covered boards and indicate when positions are uncompensated and when mileage or expense reimbursement is allowable.
Representative Mickelson moved to amend RS 32‑647 by adding an additional taxing/special district (recorded in the transcript as "DRMDD 512") which increases the set of covered district types to 20. The committee voted to introduce RS 32‑647 as amended; the motion to introduce the RS as amended carried by voice vote.
The sponsor and members said the draft is intended to give clarity to local elected officials and to standardize compensation approaches across multiple small boards; no final compensation amounts or budgetary figures were embedded in the RS presented at introduction.
Votes at a glance: Motion to amend and introduce RS 32‑647 (adding DRMDD 512) — motion adopted by committee voice vote.
(Reporting note: quotations and references to district names are taken from the committee transcript and the sponsor's remarks.)
