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                         SENATE BILL 6595

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State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senator Poulsen; by request of Board for Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/22/2002.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Revising the membership of the commission on judicial conduct.

    AN ACT Relating to the membership of the commission on judicial conduct; and amending RCW 2.64.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.64.020 and 1989 c 367 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The commission shall consist of eleven members.  One member shall be a judge selected by and from the court of appeals judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the superior court judges; one member shall be a judge selected by and from the ((district)) limited jurisdiction court judges; two members shall be selected by the state bar association and be admitted to the practice of law in this state; and six members shall be nonlawyers appointed by the governor.  The term of each member of the commission shall be four years.

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