CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5831

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1997

YEAS 37 NAYS 7

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 10, 1997

YEAS 98 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5831 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 5831

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

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.

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:

(1) All actions against any county may be commenced in the superior court of such county, or ((~~of the adjoining county, and~~)) in the superior court of either of the two nearest counties. 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~~)) either of the two counties nearest to the county bringing the action.

(2) The determination of the nearest counties is measured by the travel time between county seats using major surface routes, as determined by the office of the administrator for the courts.