CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2775

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 8, 2000

Yeas 97 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate March 2, 2000

Yeas 48 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2775 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 2775

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Lambert, Constantine, Carrell, Hurst, Lantz and Cox

Read first time 01/20/2000. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to the transfer of cases from commissioners to judges; and amending RCW 3.42.030.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 3.42.030 and 1984 c 258 s 32 are each amended to read as follows:

Any party may have a case transferred from a district court commissioner to a judge of the same district for hearing, by filing a motion for transfer as long as the motion is filed and called to the attention of the commissioner before any discretionary ruling has been made. The following are not considered discretionary rulings: (1) The arrangement of the calendar; (2) the setting of an action, motion, or proceeding for hearing or trial; (3) the arraignment of the accused; or (4) the fixing of bail. The commissioner shall forthwith transfer the case to the judge.