WSR 15-11-031

RULES OF COURT

[May 12, 2015]

The Judicial Information System Committee (JISC), having recommended the adoption of the proposed amendment to IRLJ 6.2 and the raising of the assessment authorized by RCW 2.68.040 (1)(a), and JISC, local governments, and the Office of Public Defense (OPD) having recommended an inflation adjustment to the base penalty schedule, as authorized by RCW 46.63.110(3), with support from the Superior Court Judges' Association, District and Municipal Court Judges' Association, Association of Washington Cities, and the Washington State Association of Counties, and the Court having determined that the proposed increases will aid in the prompt and orderly administration of justice, and further determined that an emergency exists which necessitates an early adoption;

Now, therefore, it is hereby

(a) That the assessment, as authorized by RCW 2.68.020 (1)(a), is increased from $17 to $23;

(b) That the infraction base penalty schedule is increased by $6 for inflation, as authorized by RCW 46.63.110(3);

(c) That the amendment as shown below is adopted;

(d) That pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(i), the amendment and assessment increase will be published expeditiously and become effective July 1, 2015.

DATED at Olympia, Washington this 12th of May, 2015.