| Passed by the House March 8, 2010 Yeas 97 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 27, 2010 Yeas 39 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2681 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 24, 2010, 1:42 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2010 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2010 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/12/10. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to allowing compensation for part-time judges' judicial services; and amending RCW 3.34.140.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 3.34.140 and 1984 c 258 s 20 are each amended to read
as follows:
Any district judge may hold a session in any district in the state,
at the request of the judge or majority of judges in the district if
the visiting judge determines that the state of business in his or her
district allows the judge to be absent. The county legislative
authority in which the district court is located shall first approve
the temporary absence and the judge pro tempore shall not be required
to serve during the judge's absence. A visiting judge shall be
entitled to reimbursement for subsistence, lodging, and travel expenses
in accordance with the rates applicable to state officers under RCW
43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now or hereafter amended while so acting, to
be paid by the visited district. These expenses shall not be paid to
the visiting judge unless the legislative authority of the county in
which the visited district is located has approved the payment before
the visit. In addition a visiting part-time district court judge, when not serving in a judicial capacity in his or her district, shall be
entitled to compensation for judicial services so long as the
legislative authority of the county in which the visited district is
located has approved the payment before the visit.