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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3245

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Bailey, McCaslin, Johnson, Deccio, Hayner, Patterson and McDonald

Read first time 1/22/85 and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

AN ACT Relating to child abuse; amending RCW 36.18.010; and adding a new section to chapter 43.121 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.121 RCW to read as follows:

          The child victims of sexual abuse fund is established in the custody of the state treasurer.  The state treasurer shall deposit in the fund all moneys received as specified under RCW 36.18.010.  Moneys in the fund may be spent only for the treatment of child victims of sexual abuse and family members other than the offender.  Disbursements of the funds shall be on authorization of the council or a duly authorized representative of the council.  In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, such funds shall be subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation shall be required to permit expenditure of such funds.

        Sec. 2.  Section 36.18.010, chapter 4, Laws of 1963 as last amended by section 4, chapter 261, Laws of 1984 and RCW 36.18.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          County auditors shall collect the following fees for their official services:  For filing each chattel mortgage, renewal affidavit, or conditional sale contract, and entering same as required by law, two dollars; for each assignment, modification, transfer, correction, or release of chattel mortgage, conditional sale contract, or miscellaneous instrument, two dollars;

          For filing a release of chattel mortgage, conditional sale contract, or miscellaneous instrument, two dollars:  PROVIDED, That said fee shall be paid at the time of filing the chattel mortgage, conditional sale contract, or miscellaneous instrument, and no charge shall be made when the release of any of the above instruments is filed;

          For recording instruments, for the first page, legal size (eight and one-half by thirteen inches or less), three dollars; for each additional legal size page, one dollar; for indexing each name over two, fifty cents;

          For marginal release of mortgage or lien, one dollar;

          For preparing and certifying copies, for the first legal size page, two dollars; for each additional legal size page, one dollar;

          For preparing noncertified copies, for each legal size page, fifty cents;

          For administering an oath or taking an affidavit, with or without seal, two dollars;

          For issuing marriage license, eight dollars, (this fee includes taking necessary affidavits, filing returns, indexing, and transmittal of a record of the marriage to the state registrar of vital statistics) plus an additional five-dollar fee to be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund, which five-dollar fee shall expire June 30, 1988, plus an additional five-dollar fee to be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund which five-dollar fee shall expire June 30, 1987 plus an additional ten dollar fee to be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer to be deposited in the child victims of sexual abuse fund under section 1 of this 1985 act;

          For searching records per hour, four dollars;

          For recording plats, fifty cents for each lot except cemetery plats for which the charge shall be twenty-five cents per lot; also one dollar for each acknowledgment, dedication, and description:  PROVIDED, That there shall be a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars per plat;

          For filing of miscellaneous records, not listed above, three dollars;

          For making marginal notations on original recording when blanket assignment or release of instrument is filed for record, each notation, fifty cents;

          For recording of miscellaneous records, not listed above, for first legal size page, three dollars; for each additional legal size page, one dollar.