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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2721

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Schoesler, Grant, Mastin, Quall, Dunn and Anderson)

Read first time 02/03/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Changing provisions relating to venue of actions by or against counties.

    AN ACT Relating to venue of actions by or against counties; and amending RCW 36.01.050.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.01.050 and 1997 c 401 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) All actions against any county may be commenced in the superior court of such county, or in the superior court of either of the two nearest ((counties)) judicial districts.  All actions by any county shall be commenced in the superior court of the county in which the defendant resides, or in either of the two ((counties)) judicial districts nearest to the county bringing the action.

    (2) The determination of the nearest ((counties)) judicial districts is measured by the travel time between county seats using major surface routes, as determined by the office of the administrator for the courts.

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