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                                         SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 137

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge, Newhouse and Halsan

Read first time 1/16/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

          THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article IV, section 7 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

Article IV, section 7.            The judge of any superior court may hold a superior court in any county at the request of the judge of the superior court thereof, and upon the request of the governor it shall be his duty to do so.  A case in the superior court may be tried by a judge((,)) pro tempore((, who)).  Whenever necessary for the prompt and orderly administration of justice, the chief justice of the supreme court may appoint a voluntarily retired judge of a superior court of this state to serve as judge pro tempore of the superior court.  A judge pro tempore who is not a retired judge of a superior court of this state must be a member of the bar, agreed upon in writing by the parties litigant, or their attorneys of record, approved by the court and sworn to try the case.

          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.