| Passed by the Senate January 30, 2013 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2013 YEAS 92 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5046 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. HUNTER G. GOODMAN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved April 22, 2013, 3:11 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 23, 2013 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/16/13. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice .
AN ACT Relating to modifying the mandatory retirement provision for district judges; and amending RCW 3.74.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 3.74.030 and 1984 c 258 s 56 are each amended to read
as follows:
A district judge shall retire from judicial office at the ((end of
the calendar year)) expiration of the judge's term of office in which
he or she has attained the age of seventy-five years. This provision
shall not affect the term to which any such judge shall have been
elected or appointed prior to August 11, 1969.