CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE
BILL 1082
Chapter
3, Laws of 1998
55th
Legislature
1998
Regular Session
CONTEMPT OF COURT
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/11/98
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Passed by the House January 12, 1998 Yeas 92 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate February 27, 1998
Yeas 48 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL
1082 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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IRV NEWHOUSE
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved March 11, 1998 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 11, 1998 - 4:10 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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HOUSE
BILL 1082
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Passed
Legislature - 1998 Regular Session
State
of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/13/97. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
Extending authority to cite for contempt of court.
AN
ACT Relating to contempt of court; and amending RCW 7.21.020.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
7.21.020 and 1989 c 373 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
A
judge or commissioner of the supreme court, the court of appeals, or the
superior court, ((and)) a judge of a court of limited jurisdiction,
and a commissioner of a court of limited jurisdiction may impose a sanction
for contempt of court under this chapter.
Passed the House January 12, 1998.
Passed the Senate February 27, 1998.
Approved by the Governor
March 11, 1998.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 11, 1998.