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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2446
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/05/96.
Creating two additional superior
court positions for Chelan and Douglas counties jointly.
AN ACT Relating to
superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.062, 2.08.061, and 2.08.065; and
creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 2.08.062 and 1995 c
117 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
There shall be in the
counties of Chelan and Douglas jointly, ((three)) five judges of
the superior court; in the county of Clark seven judges of the superior court;
in the county of Grays Harbor three judges of the superior court; in the county
of Kitsap seven judges of the superior court; in the county of Kittitas one
judge of the superior court; in the county of Lewis two judges of the superior
court.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. (1) The additional
judicial positions created by section 1 of this act are effective only if
Chelan and Douglas counties jointly, through their duly constituted legislative
authorities, document their approval of the additional positions and their
agreement that they will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from
the state, the expenses of the additional judicial positions as provided by
state law or the state Constitution.
(2) The judicial
positions created by section 1 of this act shall be effective January 1, 1997.
Sec. 3. RCW 2.08.061 and 1992 c
189 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
There shall be in the
county of King no more than fifty-eight judges of the superior court; in the
county of Spokane ((ten)) eleven judges of the superior court;
and in the county of Pierce nineteen judges of the superior court. ((The
King county legislative authority may phase in the additional twelve judges, as
authorized by the 1992 amendments to this section, over a period of time not to
extend beyond July 1, 1996. No more than two of the additional twelve judges
may take office prior to July 1, 1993.))
NEW SECTION. Sec.
4. The additional judicial
position created by section 3 of this act shall be effective only if Spokane
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.
Sec. 1. RCW 2.08.065 and 1992 c
189 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
There shall be in the
county of Grant, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Okanogan,
one judge of the superior court; in the county of Mason, two judges of the
superior court; in the county of Thurston, ((six)) eight judges
of the superior court; in the counties of Pacific and Wahkiakum jointly, one
judge of the superior court; in the counties of Ferry, Pend Oreille, and
Stevens jointly, two judges of the superior court; and in the counties of San
Juan and Island jointly, two judges of the superior court.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. The additional judicial
positions created by section 5 of this act are effective only if Thurston
county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its
approval of the additional positions and its agreement that it will pay out of
county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the
additional judicial positions as provided by state law or the state
Constitution.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 3. One judicial position
created by section 5 of this act shall be effective July 1, 1996; the second
position shall be effective July 1, 2000.
