FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2340

                          C 82 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Allowing the association of superior court judges to establish when the annual meeting will be held.

Sponsors:  Representatives Sheahan, Costa, Hickel and Delvin.

House Committee on Law & Justice

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

Background:  By statute, all the judges of the superior courts are members of the Association of Superior Court Judges.  Also by statute, the annual meeting of the association is to be held in July or August.  The association would like to be able to determine when to hold its annual meeting.  In 1994, the Legislature amended a similar provision relating to the District Court judges to allow them to set the time for their annual meeting.

Summary:  The Superior Court Judges Association is given authority to set the time for its annual meeting.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     96 0

Senate    46 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996