Washington Constitution|Section 25 - Extra Compensation Prohibited.

                                                
Extra Compensation Prohibited.
The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, employee, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered, or the contract entered into, nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent increases in pensions after such pensions shall have been granted.

Amendment 35, 1957 Senate Joint Resolution No. 18, p 1301. Approved November 4, 1958.
Compensation of legislators, elected state officials, and judges: Art. 28 Section 1.
Increase during term of certain officers, authorized: Art. 30 Section 1.
Increase or diminution of compensation during term of office prohibited.
County, city, town or municipal officers: Art. 11 Section 8.
Judicial officers: Art. 4 Section 13.
State officers: Art. 3 Section 25.
Original text
Original text of Section 25 of Article II: EXTRA COMPENSATION, PROHIBITED - The legislature shall never grant any extra compensation to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after the services shall have been rendered, or the contract entered into, nor shall the compensation of any public officer be increased or diminished during his term of office.

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