CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1167
67TH LEGISLATURE
2021 REGULAR SESSION
Passed by the House March 3, 2021 Yeas 97 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 2021 Yeas 48 Nays 1
President of the Senate | CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1167 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief Clerk Chief Clerk |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
HOUSE BILL 1167
Passed Legislature - 2021 Regular Session
State of Washington | 67th Legislature | 2021 Regular Session |
ByRepresentatives Bateman, Dolan, and Hackney; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts
Read first time 01/12/21.Referred to Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to Thurston county superior court judges; amending RCW
2.08.065; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
2.08.065 and 2020 c 53 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
There shall be in the county of Grant, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Okanogan, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Mason, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Thurston, ((eight))nine judges of the superior court; in the counties of Pacific and Wahkiakum jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the counties of Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens jointly, three judges of the superior court; in the county of San Juan, one judge of the superior court; and in the county of Island, two judges of the superior court.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act is effective only if Thurston county, through its duly constituted legislative authority, documents its approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by state law and the state Constitution.
(2) The judicial position created by section 1 of this act is effective November 1, 2021.
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