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                         SENATE BILL 5036

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin and Heavey; by request of Board for Judicial Administration

Read first time 01/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Adding a judge to the superior court of Okanogan county.

    AN ACT Relating to superior court judges; amending RCW 2.08.065; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 2.08.065 and 1996 c 208 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    There shall be in the county of Grant, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Okanogan, ((one)) two judges of the superior court; in the county of Mason, two judges of the superior court; in the county of Thurston, eight judges of the superior court; in the counties of Pacific and Wahkiakum jointly, one judge of the superior court; in the counties of Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens jointly, two judges of the superior court; and in the counties of San Juan and Island jointly, two judges of the superior court.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The additional judicial position created by section 1 of this act is effective only if Okanogan county through its duly constituted legislative authority documents its approval of the additional position and its agreement that it will pay out of county funds, without reimbursement from the state, the expenses of the additional judicial position as provided by state law or the state Constitution.

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