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SENATE BILL 5156

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Hale and Hewitt; by request of Administrator for the Courts

Read first time 01/12/2001.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

_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 Benton and Franklin county each

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_1  through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its

_2  approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will

_3  pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the

_4  expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by state

_5  law or the state Constitution.  As between the counties, the amount

_6  of the judge's salary to be paid by each county shall be in

_7  accordance with RCW 2.08.110 unless otherwise agreed upon by the

_8  counties involved.

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