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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1068
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session
By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Delvin, Hankins, Grant and Benson; by request of Administrator for the Courts)
READ FIRST TIME 02/20/01.
_1 AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW
_2 2.08.064; and creating a new section.
_3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
_4 Sec. 1. RCW 2.08.064 and 1997 c 347 s 1 are each amended to read
_5 as follows:
_6 There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly,
_7 ((five)) six judges of the superior court;
in the county of
_8 Clallam, two judges of the superior court; in the county of
_9 Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of
10 Snohomish, fifteen judges of the superior court; in the counties
11 of Asotin, Columbia and Garfield jointly, one judge of the
12 superior court; in the county of Cowlitz, four judges of the
13 superior court; in the counties of Klickitat and Skamania jointly,
14 one judge of the superior court.
15 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The additional judicial position for the
16 counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, created by section 1 of
17 this act, is effective only if, prior to May 1, 2006, Benton and
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_1 Franklin county each through its duly constituted legislative
_2 authority documents its approval of the additional position and
_3 its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without
_4 reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional
_5 judicial position as provided by state law or the state
_6 Constitution. As between the counties, the amount of the judge's
_7 salary to be paid by each county shall be in accordance with RCW
_8 2.08.110 unless otherwise agreed upon by the counties involved.
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