CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 1199

 

 

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

Passed by the House March 5, 1999

  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 9, 1999

  Yeas 49   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1199  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

 

                          Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.         

                                FILED

                

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 1199

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Lantz, Constantine, Sheahan and Carrell

 

Read first time 01/19/1999.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Defining the jurisdiction of civil antiharassment actions.


    AN ACT Relating to jurisdiction of superior courts in civil antiharassment actions; and amending RCW 10.14.150.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 10.14.150 and 1991 c 33 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The district courts shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of any civil actions and proceedings brought under this chapter, except the district court shall transfer such actions and proceedings to the superior court when it is shown that the respondent to the petition is under eighteen years of age.

    (2) Superior courts shall have concurrent jurisdiction to receive transfer of antiharassment petitions in cases where a district court judge makes findings of fact and conclusions of law showing that meritorious reasons ((exit [exist])) exist for the transfer.  The municipal and district courts shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of any criminal actions brought under RCW 10.14.120 and 10.14.170.

 

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