AN ACT Relating to district court judges' salaries; and amending RCW 3.58.010, 3.58.020, and 3.34.130.

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

Sec. 1. Section 100, chapter 299, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 7, chapter 155, Laws of 1986 and RCW 3.58.010 are each amended to read as follows:

The annual salary of each full time district court judge shall be established by the Washington citizen's commission on salaries for elected officials. One-half the annual salary of each full-time district court judge shall be paid by the state.

A member of the legislature whose term of office is partly coextensive with or extends beyond the present term of office of any of the officials whose salary is increased by virtue of the provisions of RCW 43.03.010, 2.04.092, 2.06.062, 2.08.092, and 3.58.010 shall be eligible to be appointed or elected to any of the offices the salary of which is increased hereby but he shall not be entitled to receive such increased salary until after the expiration of his present term of office and his subsequent election or reelection to the office to which he was appointed or elected respectively during his term of office as legislator.

Sec. 2. Section 101, chapter 299, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 35, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 3.58.020 are each amended to read as follows:

The annual salaries of part-time district judges shall be set by the county legislative authority in each county in accordance with the minimum and maximum salaries provided in this ((~~subsection:~~)) section. One-half the annual salary of each part-time district court judge shall be paid by the state.

(1) In districts having a population under two thousand five hundred persons, the salary shall be not less than one thousand five hundred dollars nor more than twelve thousand dollars((;)).

(2) In districts having a population of two thousand five hundred persons or more, but less than five thousand, the salary shall be set at not less than one thousand eight hundred dollars nor more than fifteen thousand five hundred dollars((;)).

(3) In districts having a population of five thousand persons or more, but less than seven thousand five hundred, the salary shall be set at no less than one thousand eight hundred or more than twenty-five thousand dollars((;)).

(4) In districts having a population of seven thousand five hundred persons or more, but less than ten thousand, the salary shall be set at not less than two thousand two hundred fifty dollars or more than thirty thousand dollars((;)).

(5) In districts having a population of ten thousand persons or more, but less than twenty thousand, the salary shall be set at no less than three thousand dollars or more than thirty-two thousand dollars((;)).

(6) In districts having a population of twenty thousand persons or more, but less than thirty thousand, the salary shall be set at not less than five thousand two hundred fifty dollars or more than forty thousand dollars.

Sec. 3. Section 22, chapter 299, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 4, chapter 161, Laws of 1986 and RCW 3.34.130 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Each district court shall designate one or more persons as judge pro tempore who shall serve during the temporary absence, disqualification, or incapacity of a district judge. The qualifications of a judge pro tempore shall be the same as for a district judge, except that with respect to RCW 3.34.060(1), the person appointed need only be a registered voter of the state. A judge pro tempore may sit in any district of the county for which he or she is appointed. A judge pro tempore shall be paid the salary authorized by the county legislative authority and shall be paid in the same manner as a district court judge. For each day that a judge pro tempore serves in excess of thirty days during any calendar year, the annual salary of the judge in whose place he or she serves shall be reduced by an amount equal to one-two hundred fiftieth of such salary: PROVIDED, That each full time district judge shall have up to fifteen days annual leave without reduction for service on judicial commissions established by the legislature or the chief justice of the supreme court. No reduction in salary shall occur when a judge pro tempore serves while a district judge is using sick leave granted in accordance with RCW 3.34.100.

(2) The legislature may appropriate money for the purpose of reimbursing counties for the salaries of judges pro tempore for certain days in excess of thirty worked per year that the judge pro tempore was required to work as the result of service by a judge on a commission as authorized under subsection (1) of this section. No later than September 1 of each year, each county treasurer shall certify to the administrator for the courts for the year ending the preceding June 30, the number of days in excess of thirty that any judge pro tempore was required to work as the result of service by a judge on a commission as authorized under subsection (1) of this section. Upon receipt of the certification, the administrator for the courts shall reimburse the county from money appropriated for that purpose.