CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1205



61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 5, 2009
  Yeas 96   Nays 1


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 3, 2009
  Yeas 46   Nays 0



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1205 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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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1205
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Van De Wege, Rolfes, Haigh, and Williams; by request of Board For Judicial Administration)

READ FIRST TIME 03/02/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to changing the number of court of appeals judges; and amending RCW 2.06.020; and adding a new section to chapter 2.06 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.06.020 and 1999 c 75 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The court shall have three divisions, one of which shall be headquartered in Seattle, one of which shall be headquartered in Spokane, and one of which shall be headquartered in Tacoma:
     (1) The first division shall have twelve judges from three districts, as follows:
     (a) District 1 shall consist of King county and shall have eight judges;
     (b) District 2 shall consist of Snohomish county and shall have two judges; and
     (c) District 3 shall consist of Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom counties and shall have two judges.
     (2) The second division shall have ((seven)) eight judges from the following districts:
     (a) District 1 shall consist of Pierce county and shall have three judges;
     (b) District 2 shall consist of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, and Thurston counties and shall have ((two)) three judges;
     (c) District 3 shall consist of Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties and shall have two judges.
     (3) The third division shall have five judges from the following districts:
     (a) District 1 shall consist of Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, and Stevens counties and shall have two judges;
     (b) District 2 shall consist of Adams, Asotin, Benton, Columbia, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties and shall have one judge;
     (c) District 3 shall consist of Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Klickitat, and Yakima counties and shall have two judges.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 2.06 RCW to read as follows:
     The judicial position created by section 1 of this act shall become effective only if that position is specifically funded and is referenced by division and district in an omnibus appropriations act.

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