CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2032

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 13, 1993   Yeas 96    Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 27, 1993   Yeas 39    Nays 0

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 2032 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                      HOUSE BILL 2032

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Appelwick and R. Fisher; by request of Administrator for the Courts

Read first time 02/24/93.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Authorizing counties with a population of one million or more to have family court and mental health commissioners.

          AN ACT Relating to court commissioners in counties with a population of one million or more; amending RCW 26.12.050 and 71.05.135; and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 26.12.050 and 1991 c 363 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in each county ((with a population of less than one million,)) the superior court may appoint the following persons to assist the family court in disposing of its business:

          (a) One or more attorneys to act as family court commissioners, and

          (b) Such investigators, stenographers and clerks as the court shall find necessary to carry on the work of the family court.

          (2) The county legislative authority must approve the creation of family court commissioner positions.

          (3) The appointments provided for in this section shall be made by majority vote of the judges of the superior court of the county and may be made in addition to all other appointments of commissioners and other judicial attaches otherwise authorized by law.  Family court commissioners and investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the judges appointing them and shall receive such compensation as the county legislative authority shall determine.  The appointments may be full or part-time positions.  A person appointed as a family court commissioner may also be appointed to any other commissioner position authorized by law.

        Sec. 2.  RCW 71.05.135 and 1991 c 363 s 146 are each amended to read as follows:

          In each county ((with a population of less than one million,)) the superior court may appoint the following persons to assist the superior court in disposing of its business:  PROVIDED, That such positions may not be created without prior consent of the county legislative authority:

          (1) One or more attorneys to act as mental health commissioners; and

          (2) Such investigators, stenographers, and clerks as the court shall find necessary to carry on the work of the mental health commissioners.

          The appointments provided for in this section shall be made by a majority vote of the judges of the superior court of the county and may be in addition to all other appointments of commissioners and other judicial attaches otherwise authorized by law.  Mental health commissioners and investigators shall serve at the pleasure of the judges appointing them and shall receive such compensation as the county legislative authority shall determine.  The appointments may be full or part-time positions.  A person appointed as a mental health commissioner may also be appointed to any other commissioner position authorized by law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

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