HB 1922 - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Provides that any county with a population of at least two hundred thousand  but less than three hundred fifty thousand that is located east of the crest of the Cascades may authorize a pilot project to allow courts of limited jurisdiction within the county to exercise concurrent jurisdiction with the juvenile court under certain circumstances.  District and municipal courts of limited jurisdiction at the local option of the county or any city or town located within the county may exercise concurrent original jurisdiction with the juvenile court over traffic or civil infractions, violations of compulsory school attendance provisions under chapter 28A.225 RCW, and misdemeanors.

     Declares that the pilot project shall expire June 30, 2002.