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                         SENATE BILL 6492

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Senators Newhouse, Deccio, Johnson, Loveland and McCaslin; by request of Board for Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/20/98.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Creating two new superior court positions for Yakima county.

    AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.063; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.08.063 and 1992 c 189 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    There shall be in the county of Lincoln one judge of the superior court; in the county of Skagit, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Walla Walla, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Whitman, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Yakima ((six)) eight judges of the superior court; in the county of Adams, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Whatcom, three judges of the superior court.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The additional judicial positions created by section 1 of this act for the county of Yakima take effect January 1, 1999, but the actual starting dates for these positions may be established by the Yakima county commissioners upon the request of the superior court.

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