1176 AAS 4/5/95 S2653.1

HB 1176 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Law & Justice

                                                    ADOPTED 4/5/95

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 3.34.010 and 1994 c 111 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    The number of district judges to be elected in each county shall be:  Adams, two; Asotin, one; Benton, ((two)) three; Chelan, two; Clallam, two; Clark, five; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, two; Douglas, ((two)) one; Ferry, one; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, two; Grays Harbor, two; Island, one; Jefferson, one; King, twenty-six; Kitsap, three; Kittitas, two; Klickitat, two; Lewis, two; Lincoln, one; Mason, one; Okanogan, two; Pacific, two; Pend Oreille, one; Pierce, eleven; San Juan, one; Skagit, two; Skamania, one; Snohomish, seven; Spokane, nine; Stevens, one; Thurston, two; Wahkiakum, one; Walla Walla, two; Whatcom, two; Whitman, one; Yakima, four.  This number may be increased only as provided in RCW 3.34.020.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This is 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."

HB 1176 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Law & Justice

                                                    ADOPTED 4/5/95

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "judges;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 3.34.010; and declaring an emergency."

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