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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8216
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By Senators McCaslin and Horn
Read first time 01/25/2000. 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 the secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article IV, section 13 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article IV, section 13. No judicial officer, except
court commissioners and unsalaried justices of the peace, shall receive to his
own use any fees or perquisites of office. The judges of the supreme court and
judges of the superior courts shall severally at stated times, during their
continuance in office, receive for their services the salaries prescribed by
law therefor, which shall not be increased after their election, nor during the
term for which they shall have been elected. The salaries and benefits
of the judges of the supreme court shall be paid by the state. ((One‑half
of the salary)) The salaries and benefits of each of the superior
court judges shall be paid by the state((, and the other one‑half by
the county or counties for which he is elected. In cases where a judge is
provided for more than one county, that portion of his salary which is to be
paid by the counties shall be apportioned between or among them according to
the assessed value of their taxable property, to be determined by the
assessment next preceding the time for which such salary is to be paid)).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.
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