| Passed by the Senate January 28, 2009 YEAS 49 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 2009 YEAS 92 ________________________________________ 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 5102 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 | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/13/09. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to increasing the number of district court judges in Benton county; and amending RCW 3.34.010.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 3.34.010 and 2008 c 63 s 1 are each amended to read as
follows:
The number of district judges to be elected in each county shall
be: Adams, two; Asotin, one; Benton, ((three)) five; Chelan, two;
Clallam, two; Clark, six; Columbia, one; Cowlitz, three; Douglas, one;
Ferry, one; Franklin, one; Garfield, one; Grant, two; Grays Harbor,
two; Island, one; Jefferson, one; King, twenty-one; Kitsap, four;
Kittitas, two; Klickitat, two; Lewis, two; Lincoln, one; Mason, one;
Okanogan, two; Pacific, two; Pend Oreille, one; Pierce, eleven; San
Juan, one; Skagit, two; Skamania, one; Snohomish, eight; Spokane, ten;
Stevens, one; Thurston, three; Wahkiakum, one; Walla Walla, two;
Whatcom, two; Whitman, one; Yakima, four. This number may be increased
only as provided in RCW 3.34.020.