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                                  HOUSE BILL 1467

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives R. Meyers, Padden, Paris, Tate, Mielke, Broback, Forner, Vance, May, Brough, Winsley, D. Sommers, Mitchell and Roland.

Read first time January 30, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.Increasing the number of district judges.

     AN ACT Relating to district judges; and amending RCW 3.34.010.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 3.34.010 and 1989 c 227 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

     The number of district judges to be elected in each county shall be:  Adams, three; Asotin, one; Benton, two; Chelan, one; Clallam, one; Clark, four; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, two; Douglas, one; Ferry, two; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, one; Grays Harbor, two; Island, three; Jefferson, one; King, ((twenty-four)) twenty-six; Kitsap, two; Kittitas, two; Klickitat, two; Lewis, two; Lincoln, one; Mason, one; Okanogan, two; Pacific, three; Pend Oreille, two; Pierce, ((eight)) eleven; San Juan, one; Skagit, three; Skamania, one; Snohomish, eight; Spokane, ((eight)) nine; Stevens, two; Thurston, one; Wahkiakum, one; Walla Walla, three; Whatcom, two; Whitman, two; Yakima, six:  PROVIDED, That this number may be increased in accordance with a resolution of the county commissioners under RCW 3.34.020.