CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5433

Chapter 15, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL CONDUCT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/01/06 - Contingent

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2005
  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 30, 2005
  YEAS 88   NAYS 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5433 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 8, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 8, 2005 - 9:33 a.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5433
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Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senators Kline, Hargrove and Carrell

Read first time 01/25/2005.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to the membership of the commission on judicial conduct; amending RCW 2.64.020; and providing a contingent effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.64.020 and 1989 c 367 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The commission shall consist of eleven members. One member shall be a judge selected by and from the court of appeals judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the superior court judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the ((district)) limited jurisdiction court judges; two members shall be selected by the state bar association and be admitted to the practice of law in this state; and six members shall be nonlawyers appointed by the governor. The term of each member of the commission shall be four years.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2006, if the proposed amendment to Article IV, section 31 of the state Constitution (Senate Joint Resolution No. . . ., changing the membership of the commission on judicial conduct) is validly submitted to and is approved and ratified by the voters at the next general election. If the proposed amendment is not approved and ratified, this act is void in its entirety.


         Passed by the Senate March 8, 2005.
         Passed by the House March 30, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor April 8, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 8, 2005.