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                                 SENATE BILL 6276

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Senators Snyder and Nelson

 

Read first time 01/23/92.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.Providing compensation limits for district judges vacating office.


     AN ACT Relating to district judges; and amending RCW 3.34.100.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 3.34.100 and 1984 c 258 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     If a district judge dies, resigns, is convicted of a felony, ceases to reside in the district, fails to serve for any reason except temporary disability, or if his or her term of office is terminated in any other manner, the office shall be deemed vacant.  The county legislative authority shall fill all vacancies by appointment and the judge thus appointed shall hold office until the next general election and until a successor is elected and qualified.  District judges shall be granted sick leave in the same manner as other county employees.  A district judge may receive when vacating office remuneration for unused accumulated leave and sick leave at a rate equal to one day's monetary compensation for each full day of accrued leave and one day's monetary compensation for each four full days of accrued sick leave, the total remuneration for leave and sick leave not to exceed the equivalent of thirty days' monetary compensation.