| Passed by the Senate February 14, 2006 YEAS 48 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 3, 2006 YEAS 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6412 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2006 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/12/2006. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.064; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 2.08.064 and 2003 c 96 s 2 are each amended to read as
follows:
There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, six
judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, ((two)) three
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)) five judges of the superior court; in the counties of
Klickitat and Skamania jointly, one judge of the superior court.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 The additional judicial positions created by
section 1 of this act in Clallam and Cowlitz counties shall be
effective only if each county through its duly constituted legislative
authority documents its approval of the 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.