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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5122

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Smith, Hale, Long and Loveland)

Read first time 01/30/95.

Changing the number of district court judges in Benton and Douglas counties.

    AN ACT Relating to the number of district court judges; amending RCW 3.34.010; and declaring an emergency.

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

    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.

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