2368 AMS LAW S4295.1
HB 2368 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Law & Justice
ADOPTED 3/2/92
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1. RCW 2.48.200 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 19 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
No
person shall practice law who holds a commission as judge in any court of
record, or as sheriff((,)) or
coroner((, or deputy sheriff)); nor shall the clerk of
the supreme court, the court of appeals, or of the superior court or any deputy
thereof practice in the court of which he or she is clerk or deputy
clerk: PROVIDED, It shall be unlawful for a deputy prosecuting attorney, or
for the employee, partner, or agent of a prosecuting attorney, or for an
attorney occupying offices with a prosecuting attorney, to appear for an
adverse interest in any proceeding in which a prosecuting attorney is
appearing, or to appear in any suit, action or proceeding in which a prosecuting
attorney is prohibited by law from appearing, but nothing herein shall prohibit
a prosecuting attorney or a deputy prosecuting attorney from appearing in any
action or proceeding for an interest divergent from that represented in the
same action or proceeding by another attorney or special attorney in or for the
same office, so long as such appearances are pursuant to the duties of
prosecuting attorneys as set out in RCW 36.27.020 and such appearances are
consistent with the code of professional responsibility or other code of ethics
adopted by the Washington state supreme court, but nothing herein shall
preclude a judge or justice of a court of this state from finishing any
business ((by him)) undertaken in a court of the United States prior to
((his)) him or her becoming a judge or justice."
"Sec. 2. RCW 36.28.110 and 1963 c 4 s 36.28.110 are each amended to read as follows:
No
sheriff ((or deputy sheriff)) shall appear or practice as attorney in
any court, except in their own defense."
HB 2368 - S COMM AMD
By Committee on Law & Justice
ADOPTED 3/2/92
On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "sheriffs;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 2.48.200 and 36.28.110."