CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2522

                    Chapter 49, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 9, 2000   Yeas 97   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000   Yeas 37   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2522  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 22, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 22, 2000 - 3:44 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2522

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Representatives Lantz, McDonald, Constantine, Lambert, Dickerson, Barlean, Hurst and Carrell

Read first time 01/14/2000.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Modifying court jurisdiction. 

    AN ACT Relating to district court jurisdiction; and amending RCW 3.66.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 3.66.020 and 1997 c 246 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    If the value of the claim or the amount at issue does not exceed ((thirty-five)) fifty thousand dollars, exclusive of interest, costs, and attorneys' fees, the district court shall have jurisdiction and cognizance of the following civil actions and proceedings:

    (1) Actions arising on contract for the recovery of money;

    (2) Actions for damages for injuries to the person, or for taking or detaining personal property, or for injuring personal property, or for an injury to real property when no issue raised by the answer involves the plaintiff's title to or possession of the same and actions to recover the possession of personal property;

    (3) Actions for a penalty;

    (4) Actions upon a bond conditioned for the payment of money, when the amount claimed does not exceed ((thirty-five)) fifty thousand dollars, though the penalty of the bond exceeds that sum, the judgment to be given for the sum actually due, not exceeding the amount claimed in the complaint;

    (5) Actions on an undertaking or surety bond taken by the court;

    (6) Actions for damages for fraud in the sale, purchase, or exchange of personal property;

    (7) Proceedings to take and enter judgment on confession of a defendant;

    (8) Proceedings to issue writs of attachment, garnishment and replevin upon goods, chattels, moneys, and effects; and

    (9) All other actions and proceedings of which jurisdiction is specially conferred by statute, when the title to, or right of possession of real property is not involved.

    Passed the House February 9, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 22, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2000.