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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1356

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Representatives Wang, Appelwick, Tilly, Scott, Armstrong, West and Locke

Prefiled with Chief Clerk 1/9/86.  Read first time 1/13/86 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to superior courts; and amending RCW 2.08.067.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 5, chapter 357, Laws of 1985 and RCW 2.08.067 are each amended to read as follows:

          All judicial positions created by the legislature after ((the effective date of this act)) July 28, 1985, including the additional judicial positions created by ((sections 1 through 3, chapter 357, Laws of 1985)) RCW 2.08.061, 2.08.062, and 2.08.064, shall be authorized only for counties that have implemented a mandatory arbitration program for civil claims to the maximum extent permitted by law.  Implementing a mandatory arbitration program to the maximum extent permitted by law does not require a county to authorize arbitration for maintenance or child support issues as provided in RCW 7.06.020(2) if:

(1) The county uses a show cause or motion by affidavit calendar, or other procedure by which maintenance or support issues are decided on a summary basis; or

(2) The office of the administrator for the courts determines that a mandatory arbitration program would be more costly and time consuming to the county than the procedure then in use in the county for determining support or maintenance issues.