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                          HOUSE BILL 2367

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Carlson, Radcliff and Sullivan

Prefiled 01/09/98.  Read first time 01/12/98.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Changing provisions relating to interest on judgments.

    AN ACT Relating to interest on judgments; amending RCW 10.82.090; and providing an effective date.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 10.82.090 and 1995 c 291 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    Financial obligations imposed in a judgment in a criminal case shall bear interest from the date of the judgment until payment((, at the rate applicable to civil judgments)) is paid in full.  Interest rates on judgments shall not exceed six percent in any twelve-month period.  All nonrestitution interest retained by the court shall be split twenty-five percent to the state treasurer for deposit in the public safety and education account as provided in RCW 43.08.250, twenty-five percent to the state treasurer for deposit in the judicial information system account as provided in RCW 2.68.020, twenty-five percent to the county current expense fund, and twenty-five percent to the county current expense fund to fund local courts.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act takes effect July 1, 1998.

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