5157-S.SL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5157

Chapter 341, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 Regular Session

STATUTORY ATTORNEYS' FEES INCREASED

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1993

YEAS 41 NAYS 4

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 7, 1993

YEAS 98 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5157 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

BRIAN EBERSOLE

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MARTY BROWN

Secretary

Approved May 15, 1993

FILED

May 15, 1993 - 10:42 a.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5157

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove and Nelson)

Read first time 02/08/93.

Increasing statutory attorneys' fees.

AN ACT Relating to attorneys' fees; and amending RCW 12.20.060.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 12.20.060 and 1985 c 240 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

When the prevailing party in district court is entitled to recover costs as authorized in RCW 4.84.010 in a civil action, the judge shall add the amount thereof to the judgment; in case of failure of the plaintiff to recover or of dismissal of the action, the judge shall enter up a judgment in favor of the defendant for the amount of his or her costs; and in case any party so entitled to costs is represented in the action by an attorney, the judge shall include attorney's fees of ((~~fifty~~)) one hundred twenty-five dollars as part of the costs: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the plaintiff shall not be entitled to such attorney fee unless he or she obtains, exclusive of costs, a judgment in the sum of ((~~twenty-five~~)) fifty dollars or more.