SHB 2556 -
By Representative Shea
ADOPTED 02/17/2014
On page 5, after line 30, insert the following:
"(9) No therapeutic or specialty court may be established
specifically for the purpose of applying foreign law, including foreign
criminal, civil, or religious law, that is otherwise not required by
treaty.
(10) No therapeutic or specialty court established by court rule
shall enforce a foreign law, if doing so would violate a right
guaranteed by the Constitution of this state or of the United States."
EFFECT: Reinstates two provisions of a statute that is repealed under the bill. These provisions: (1) Prohibit the establishment of a specialty or therapeutic court specifically for the purpose of applying foreign law that is not otherwise required by treaty, and (2) prohibit specialty and therapeutic courts established by court rule from enforcing any foreign law that violates a constitutional right.