FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5426

                           C 41 L 97

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Deleting references to the former judicial council.

Sponsors:  Senator McCaslin.

Senate Committee on Law & Justice

House Committee on Law & Justice

Background:  In 1994, the Legislature established a process to eliminate redundant and obsolete boards and commissions.

In 1995, the Legislature eliminated the Judicial Council.

Summary:  References to the Judicial Council in the RCW are deleted. 

A requirement that the annual reports of the Administrator for the Courts include activities related to courthouse security is added to one section.  A reference to the Administrator for the Courts is corrected to indicate that the Office of Public Defense addresses determinations of indigency.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate 49 0

House     97 0

Effective:  July 27, 1997