5753-S.PL

CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5753

Chapter 14, Laws of 1993

53rd Legislature

1993 First Special Session

COWLITZ COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT‑-ADDITIONAL JUDGE AUTHORIZED

EFFECTIVE DATE: 8/5/93

Passed by the Senate May 5, 1993

YEAS 43 NAYS 0

JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

Passed by the House May 5, 1993

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5753 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 28, 1993

FILED

May 28, 1993 - 2:02 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5753

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Passed Legislature - 1993 First Special Session

State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Snyder and L. Smith)

Read first time 03/08/93.

AN ACT Relating to superior courts; amending RCW 2.08.064; and creating new sections.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 2.08.064 and 1992 c 189 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, five judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Snohomish, thirteen judges of the superior court; in the counties of Asotin, Columbia and Garfield jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Cowlitz, ((~~three~~)) four judges of the superior court; in the counties of Klickitat and Skamania jointly, one judge of the superior court.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act shall be effective only if Cowlitz county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by statute.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided by June 30, 1993, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act shall be null and void.