CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1175



63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 5, 2013
  Yeas 87   Nays 9


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 15, 2013
  Yeas 47   Nays 1



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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 HOUSE BILL 1175 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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HOUSE BILL 1175
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Nealey, Haler, Klippert, Walsh, Schmick, Fagan, and Ryu; by request of Board For Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to increasing the number of superior court judges in Benton and Franklin counties jointly; amending RCW 2.08.064; and creating a new section.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.08.064 and 2006 c 20 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     There shall be in the counties of Benton and Franklin jointly, ((six)) seven judges of the superior court; in the county of Clallam, three judges of the superior court; in the county of Jefferson, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Snohomish, fifteen judges of the superior court; in the counties of Asotin, Columbia and Garfield jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the county of Cowlitz, five judges of the superior court; in the counties of Klickitat and Skamania jointly, one judge of the superior court.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act in Benton and Franklin counties jointly becomes effective only if the counties, through their duly constituted legislative authority, document their approval of the additional position and their agreement that they will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by statute.

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