| Passed by the Senate February 26, 2009 YEAS 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 30, 2009 YEAS 96 ________________________________________ 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 ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5135 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 01/14/09. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to the number of district court judges in King county and Spokane 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; 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)) twenty-three in 2009, twenty-five in 2010, and twenty-six in 2011; 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)) eight; 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.