CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 2082

 

 

                               

 

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

 

 

Passed by the House March 18, 1991

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

                                   

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate April 12, 1991

  Yeas 39   Nays 0

 

 

                                   

President of the Senate

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

Governor of the State of Washington

       CERTIFICATE

 

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2082 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

                                       Chief Clerk

 

 

                                     FILED         

 

 

 

                                         

 

 

 

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  




 

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                                  HOUSE BILL 2082

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Representative Appelwick.

 

Read first time February 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.Changing provisions relating to district court judges.

     AN ACT Relating to district courts; and amending RCW 3.34.060 and 3.34.100.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 3.34.060 and 1989 c 227 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

     To be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy for and to serve as a district court judge, a person must:

     (1) Be a registered voter of the district court district and electoral district, if any; and

     (2) Be either:

     (a) A lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of Washington; or

     (b) A person who has been elected and has served as a justice of the peace, district judge, municipal judge, or police judge in Washington; or

     (c) In those districts having a population of less than ((ten)) five thousand persons, a person who has taken and passed the qualifying examination for the office of district judge as shall be provided by rule of the supreme court.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 3.34.100 and 1984 c 258 s 16 are each amended to read as follows:

     If a district judge dies, resigns, is convicted of a felony, ceases to reside in the district, fails to serve for any reason except temporary disability, or if his or her term of office is terminated in any other manner, the office shall be deemed vacant.  The county legislative authority shall fill all vacancies by appointment and the judge thus appointed shall hold office until the next general election and until a successor is elected and qualified.  District judges shall be granted ((sick)) leave from their positions due to illness or injury in the same manner as sick leave is provided to other county employees.