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                          HOUSE BILL 1312

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Sherstad, Sheahan, O'Brien, Costa and Dunshee

Read first time 01/22/97.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Providing for additional judges for Snohomish county superior court.

    AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.064; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.08.064 and 1993 sp.s. c 14 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, five judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Snohomish, ((thirteen)) fifteen judges of the superior court; in the counties of Asotin, Columbia and Garfield jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Cowlitz, four judges of the superior court; in the counties of Klickitat and Skamania jointly, one judge of the superior court.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The additional judicial positions created by section 1 of this act are effective January 1, 1998, but the actual starting dates for these new positions must be established by the Snohomish county council upon request of the superior court and by recommendation of the Snohomish county executive.

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