BILL REQ. #:  Z-0198.1 



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HOUSE BILL 1236
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State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Representatives Warnick, Hinkle, Condotta, Armstrong, Klippert, and Moeller; by request of Board For Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/17/11.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to increasing the number of judges to be elected in Grant county; and reenacting and amending RCW 3.34.010.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 3.34.010 and 2009 c 86 s 1 and 2009 c 26 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
     The number of district judges to be elected in each county shall be: Adams, two; Asotin, one; Benton, five; Chelan, two; Clallam, two; Clark, six; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, three; Douglas, one; Ferry, one; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, ((two)) three; Grays Harbor, two; Island, one; Jefferson, one; King, twenty-three in 2009, twenty-five in 2010, and twenty-six in 2011; Kitsap, four; Kittitas, two; Klickitat, two; Lewis, two; Lincoln, one; Mason, one; Okanogan, two; Pacific, two; Pend Oreille, one; Pierce, eleven; San Juan, one; Skagit, two; Skamania, one; Snohomish, eight; Spokane, eight; Stevens, one; Thurston, three; Wahkiakum, one; Walla Walla, two; Whatcom, two; Whitman, one; Yakima, four. This number may be increased only as provided in RCW 3.34.020.

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