PRIMARY 2016: About the job — 24th District State House of Representatives

  • Tuesday, July 26, 2016 12:01am
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STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 24th DISTRICT, POSITION 1

Partisan or nonpartisan: Partisan.

Election boundaries: The 24th District, which covers Clallam and Jefferson counties and the northern half of Grays Harbor County, including Hoquiam, Montesano and Ocean Shores but not Aberdeen.

Voters: 93,348 as of July 1, including 48,957 in Clallam County and 23,483 in Jefferson County.

Term: Two years.

Meetings: The legislative session is 60 days in even-numbered years and 105 days in odd-numbered years.

Salary: $42,106, and a per diem of $120 a day while the Legislature is in session.

Duties: House members draft bills, vote on state laws, address constituents’ complaints and concerns, and participate on legislative and regional committees.

They approve a state general fund budget that from July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2017, is $38 billion.

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