CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1292

Chapter 96, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House March 11, 2003
  Yeas 92   Nays 1

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 10, 2003
  Yeas 47   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1292 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


CYNTHIA ZEHNDER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 7, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 7, 2003 - 2:09 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1292
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Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Rockefeller, Delvin, Grant, Moeller, Hankins, Hinkle, Mastin, Eickmeyer, Orcutt, Wallace, Fromhold, Haigh, Holmquist, McMahan and Woods; by request of Administrative Office of the Courts

Read first time 01/22/2003.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.062 and 2.08.064; and creating a new section.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.08.062 and 1998 c 270 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be in the county of Chelan four judges of the superior court; in the county of Douglas one judge of the superior court; in the county of Clark ((eight)) ten judges of the superior court; in the county of Grays Harbor three judges of the superior court; in the county of Kitsap ((seven)) eight judges of the superior court; in the county of Kittitas ((one)) two judges of the superior court; in the county of Lewis three judges of the superior court.

Sec. 2   RCW 2.08.064 and 1997 c 347 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, ((five)) six judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Snohomish, fifteen judges of the superior court; in the counties of Asotin, Columbia and Garfield jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Cowlitz, four judges of the superior court; in the counties of Klickitat and Skamania jointly, one judge of the superior court.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   (1) The additional judicial positions created by sections 1 and 2 of this act in Clark county, Kitsap county, Kittitas county, and Benton and Franklin counties shall be effective only if each county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its approval of any additional positions and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of such additional judicial positions as provided by statute.
     (2)(a) The additional judicial positions created by section 1 of this act for the county of Clark take effect as follows: One additional judicial position shall be effective no earlier than the second Monday in January 2004, and one additional position shall be effective no earlier than the second Monday in January 2005. The actual starting dates for the positions may be established by the Clark county legislative authority upon request of the superior court and by recommendation of the Clark county executive authority, if any.
     (b) The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act for the county of Kitsap shall be effective no earlier than the second Monday in January 2005. The actual starting date for the position may be established by the Kitsap county legislative authority upon request of the superior court and by recommendation of the Kitsap county executive authority, if any.
     (c) The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act for the county of Kittitas shall be effective no earlier than the second Monday in January 2004. The actual starting date for the position may be established by the Kittitas county legislative authority upon request of the superior court and by recommendation of the Kittitas county executive authority, if any.
     (d) The additional judicial position created by section 2 of this act jointly for the counties of Benton and Franklin shall be effective no earlier than July 1, 2003. The actual starting date for the position may be established by the Benton and Franklin county legislative authorities upon request of the superior court and by recommendation of the Benton and Franklin county executive authorities, if any.


         Passed by the House March 11, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 10, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 7, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 7, 2003.