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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 755

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Appelwick, Sommers and Addison

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to distribution of superior court revenues; and amending RCW 10.82.070 and 36.18.025.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, page 421, Laws of 1873 as last amended by section 313, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 10.82.070 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1)  All sums of money derived from costs imposed by the superior court judge, fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed or collected, in whole or in part, by a superior court for violation of orders of injunction, mandamus, and other like writs, for contempt of court, or  for breach of the penal laws shall be paid in cash by the person collecting the same, within twenty days after the collection, to the county treasurer of the county in which the same have accrued.

          (2) The county treasurer shall remit monthly ((thirty-five)) twenty percent of the money received under this section to the state treasurer for deposit as provided under RCW 43.08.250 and shall deposit the remainder as provided by law.

          (3) All fees, fines, forfeitures, and penalties collected or assessed by a justice court because of the violation of a state law shall be remitted as provided in chapter 3.62 RCW as now exists or is later amended.  All fees, fines, forfeitures, and penalties collected or assessed by a superior court in cases on appeal from a lower court shall be remitted to the municipal or district court from which the cases were appealed.

        Sec. 2.  Section 2, chapter 20, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. as amended by section 322, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 36.18.025 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((Thirty-five)) Twenty percent of the money received from filing fees paid pursuant to RCW 36.18.020, as now or hereafter amended, shall be transmitted by the county treasurer each month to the state treasurer for deposit in the public safety and education account established under RCW 43.08.250.