CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2028



59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 8, 2005
  Yeas 97   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 6, 2005
  Yeas 47   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2028 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2028
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Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Representatives Kagi and Darneille; by request of Office of Public Defense

Read first time 02/15/2005.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to the advisory committee of the office of public defense; and amending RCW 2.70.030.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.70.030 and 1996 c 221 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) There is created an advisory committee consisting of the following members:
     (a) Three persons appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, including the chair of the appellate indigent defense commission identified in subsection (3) of this section;
     (b) Two nonattorneys appointed by the governor;
     (c) Two senators, one from each of the two largest caucuses, appointed by the president of the senate; and two members of the house of representatives, one from each of the two largest caucuses, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
     (d) One person appointed by the court of appeals executive committee;
     (e) One person appointed by the Washington state bar association.
     (2) During the term of his or her appointment, no appointee may: (a) Provide indigent defense services except on a pro bono basis; (b) serve as an appellate judge except on a pro tem basis or as an appellate court employee; or (c) serve as a prosecutor or prosecutor employee.
     (3) The initial advisory committee shall be comprised of the current members of the appellate indigent defense commission, as established by Supreme Court Order No. 25700-B, dated March 9, 1995, plus two additional legislator members appointed under subsection (1)(c) of this section. Members shall serve until the termination of their current terms, and may be reappointed. The two additional legislator members, who are not on the appellate indigent defense commission, shall each serve three-year terms. Members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the commission, but may be reimbursed for travel and other expenses in accordance with rules adopted by the office of financial management.

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