CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135

 

                               

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1992 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 11, 1992

  Yeas 47   Nays 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 3, 1992

  Yeas 96   Nays 0

               CERTIFICATE

 

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

                                 Secretary

 

 

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

                                     FILED

 

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                        Secretary of State

                       State of Washington

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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6135

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                     Passed Legislature - 1992 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1992 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Nelson, A. Smith, Erwin and Madsen)

 

Read first time 01/31/92.Requiring permanent retention of name change orders.

     AN ACT Relating to filing of name change orders in district court; amending RCW 4.24.130; and adding a new section to chapter 36.22 RCW.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 4.24.130 and 1991 c 33 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

     Any person desiring a change of his or her name or that of his or her child or ward, may apply therefor to the district court of the judicial district in which he or she resides, by petition setting forth the reasons for such change; thereupon such court in its discretion may order a change of the name and thenceforth the new name shall be in place of the former.

     The district court shall collect the fees authorized by RCW 36.18.010 for filing and recording a name change order, and transmit the fee and the order to the county auditor.  The court may collect a reasonable fee to cover the cost of transmitting the order to the county auditor.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 36.22 RCW to read as follows:

     Upon receipt of the fee and the name change order from the district court as provided in RCW 4.24.130, the county auditor shall file and record the name change order.