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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4221
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representative Appelwick.
Read first time February 11, 1991. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article IV, section 6 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article
IV, section 6. The superior court shall have original jurisdiction ((in
all cases in equity and)) in all cases at law which involve the title or
possession of real property, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment,
toll, or municipal fine, and in all other cases in which the demand or the
value of the property in controversy amounts to three thousand dollars or as
otherwise determined by law, or a lesser sum in excess of the jurisdiction
granted to justices of the peace and other inferior courts, and in all criminal
cases amounting to felony, and in all cases of misdemeanor not otherwise
provided for by law; of actions of forcible entry and detainer; of proceedings
in insolvency; of actions to prevent or abate a nuisance; of all matters of
probate, of divorce, and for annulment of marriage; and for such special cases
and proceedings as are not otherwise provided for. The superior court shall
also have original jurisdiction in all cases and of all proceedings in which
jurisdiction shall not have been by law vested exclusively in some other court;
and said court shall have the power of naturalization and to issue papers
therefor. They shall have such appellate jurisdiction in cases arising in
justices' and other inferior courts in their respective counties as may be
prescribed by law. They shall always be open, except on nonjudicial days, and
their process shall extend to all parts of the state. Said courts and their
judges shall have power to issue writs of mandamus, quo warranto, review,
certiorari, prohibition, and writs of habeas corpus, on petition by or on
behalf of any person in actual custody in their respective counties.
Injunctions and writs of prohibition and of habeas corpus may be issued and
served on legal holidays and nonjudicial days.