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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
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.
