CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6492

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 11, 1998

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 5, 1998

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6492 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below. 

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6492

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Newhouse, Deccio, Johnson, Loveland and McCaslin; by request of Board for Judicial Administration)

 

Read first time 02/03/98.

Creating two new superior court positions for Yakima county.  


    AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.062 and 2.08.063; amending 1996 c 208 s 2 (uncodified); creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 2.08.062 and 1996 c 208 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    There shall be in the ((counties)) county of Chelan ((and)) four judges of the superior court; in the county of Douglas ((jointly, five judges)) one judge of the superior court; in the county of Clark ((seven)) eight judges of the superior court; in the county of Grays Harbor three judges of the superior court; in the county of Kitsap seven judges of the superior court; in the county of Kittitas one judge of the superior court; in the county of Lewis ((two)) three judges of the superior court.

 

    Sec. 2.  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.

 

    Sec. 3.  1996 c 208 s 2 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

    (1) The three judicial positions serving Chelan and Douglas counties jointly are allocated to Chelan county, effective upon appointment of a judge to the Douglas county superior court.  The additional judicial positions created by section 1 ((of this act are)), chapter 208, Laws of 1996, are allocated one to Chelan county and one to Douglas county and each position becomes effective only if ((Chelan and Douglas counties jointly)) each county, through ((their)) its duly constituted legislative ((authorities)) authority, documents ((their)) its approval of the additional position((s)) and ((their)) its agreement that ((they)) it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position((s)) as provided by state law or the state Constitution.

    (2) The judicial positions created by section 1 ((of this act)), chapter 208, Laws of 1996, shall be effective January 1, 1997.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  (1) The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act for the county of Clark takes effect on the effective date of this act, but the actual starting date for this position may be established by the Clark county commissioners upon the request of the superior court.

    (2) The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act for the county of Lewis takes effect on the effective date of this act, but the actual starting date for this position may be established by the Lewis county commissioners upon the request of the superior court.

    (3) The additional judicial positions created by section 2 of this act for the county of Yakima take effect on the effective date of this act, but the actual starting dates for these positions may be established by the Yakima county commissioners upon the request of the superior court.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

 


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