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                         SENATE BILL 5831

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Newhouse, Deccio, Haugen and McCaslin

Read first time 02/14/97.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Eliminating provisions allowing adjacent counties as the venue of actions by or against counties.

    AN ACT Relating to the venue of actions by or against counties; and amending RCW 36.01.050.

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

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

    All actions against any county may be commenced in the superior court of such county((, or of the adjoining county,)) and 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)).

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