BILL REQ. #:  S-3440.2 

Read first time 01/13/14.   Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

     AN ACT Relating to the prohibition of fees for judicial members of the bar; and amending RCW 2.48.130.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 2.48.130 and 1957 c 138 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The annual membership fees for active members shall be payable on or before February 1st of each year. The board of governors may establish the amount of such annual membership fee to be effective each year: PROVIDED, That written notice of any proposed increase in membership fee shall be sent to active members not less than sixty days prior to the effective date of such increase: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the board of governors may establish the fee at a reduced rate for those who have been active members for less than five years in this state or elsewhere. No fee may be assessed against any full-time judicial officer who is not an active member of the bar as defined in RCW 2.48.170. A judicial member who applies to return to active status shall not be charged any fee for the period in which he or she was a judicial member, nor any investigation fee.