5831 AMH LJ H3101.1

SB 5831 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 4-10-97

By Committee on Law & Justice

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 36.01.050 and 1963 c 4 s 36.01.050 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) All actions against any county may be commenced in the superior court of such county, or ((of the adjoining county, and)) in the superior court of either of the two nearest counties.  All actions by any county shall be commenced in the superior court of the county in which the defendant resides, or in ((the county adjoining the county by which such action is commenced)) either of the two counties nearest to the county bringing the action.

(2) The determination of the nearest counties is measured by the travel time between county seats using major surface routes, as determined by the office of the administrator for the courts."

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