CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5036

                   Chapter 245, Laws of 1999

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES--ADDITIONAL POSITIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1999   YEAS 47   NAYS 0                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House April 8, 1999   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5036 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved May 10, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                        May 10, 1999 - 4:35 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5036

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Heavey; by request of Board for Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Adding a judge to the superior courts of Okanogan and Grant  counties.     

    AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.065; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.08.065 and 1996 c 208 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    There shall be in the county of Grant, ((two)) three judges of the superior court; in the county of Okanogan, ((one)) two judges of the superior court; in the county of Mason, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Thurston, eight judges of the superior court; in the counties of Pacific and Wahkiakum jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the counties of Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens jointly, two judges of the superior court; and in the counties of San Juan and Island jointly, two judges of the superior court.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  (1) The additional judicial position for Grant county created by section 1 of this act is effective only if Grant county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by state law or the state Constitution.

    (2) The additional judicial position for Okanogan county created by section 1 of this act is effective only if Okanogan county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the existing and additional judicial positions as provided by state law or the state Constitution.

    Passed the Senate April 20, 1999.

    Passed the House April 8, 1999.

Approved by the Governor May 10, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 1999.