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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1028

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives J. King and Tanner

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Local Government.

AN ACT Relating to superior court revenue; and amending RCW 10.82.070, 27.24.070, and 36.18.025.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, page 421, Laws of 1873 as last amended by section 313, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 10.82.070 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1)  All sums of money derived from ((costs,)) fines, penalties, and forfeitures imposed or collected, in whole or in part, by a superior court for violation of orders of injunction, mandamus and other like writs, for contempt of court, or  for breach of the penal laws shall be paid in cash by the person collecting the same, within twenty days after the collection, to the county treasurer of the county in which the same have accrued.

          (2) The county treasurer shall remit monthly ((thirty-five)) one hundred percent of the money received under this section to the state treasurer for deposit as provided under RCW 43.08.250 and shall deposit the remainder as provided by law.

          (3) All fees, fines, forfeitures and penalties collected or assessed by a justice court because of the violation of a state law shall be remitted as provided in chapter 3.62 RCW as now exists or is later amended.  All fees, fines, forfeitures, and penalties collected or assessed by a superior court in cases on appeal from a lower court shall be remitted to the municipal or district court from which the cases were appealed.

        Sec. 2.  Section 1, chapter 249, Laws of 1953 as last amended by section 310, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 27.24.070 are each amended to read as follows:

          In each county pursuant to this chapter, the county treasurer shall deposit in the county or regional law library fund a sum equal to seven dollars for every new probate or civil ((matter)) filing fee, including appeals, ((filed with)) collected by the clerk of the superior court and three dollars for every ((civil action commenced)) fee collected for the commencement of a civil action in district court for the support of the law library in that county or the regional law library to which the county belongs:  PROVIDED, That upon a showing of need the seven dollar contribution may be increased up to nine dollars upon the request of the law library board of trustees and with the approval of the county legislative body or bodies.

        Sec. 3.  Section 2, chapter 20, Laws of 1972 ex. sess. as amended by section 322, chapter 258, Laws of 1984 and RCW 36.18.025 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((Thirty-five percent of the)) An amount equal to fifteen dollars from money received from filing fees paid pursuant to RCW 36.18.020(1), (2), (11), and (12), as now or hereafter amended, shall be transmitted by the county treasurer each month to the state treasurer for deposit in the public safety and education account established under RCW 43.08.250.