Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 3.38 · 10 active provisions
There is established in each county a district court districting committee composed of the following:(1) The judge of the superior court, or, if there be more than one such judge, then one of the judges selected by that court;(2) The prosecuting attorney, or a deputy selected by the prosecuting attorney;(3) A practicin…
The district court districting committee shall meet at the call of the prosecuting attorney to prepare or amend the plan for the districting of the county into one or more district court districts in accordance with the provisions of chapters 3.30 through 3.74 RCW. The plan shall include the following:(1) The boundarie…
The districting plan may provide that the offices and courtrooms of more than one district may be in the same building: PROVIDED, That no office or courtroom of any district shall be located further than two miles outside the boundary of the district which it serves.
Upon receipt of the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall hold a public hearing, pursuant to the provisions of RCW 36.32.120(7), as now or hereafter amended. At the hearing, anyone interested in the plan may attend and be heard as to the convenience which will be afforded to the public by the plan, a…
As a part of the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall designate a date on which the terms of the district judges of the county shall end.For each judicial position under the districting plan, the county legislative authority shall appoint a person qualified under RCW 3.34.060 who shall take office o…
(1) The districting committee may meet for the purpose of amending the districting plan at any time on call of the county legislative authority, the chairperson of the committee or a majority of its members. Amendments to the plan shall be submitted to the county legislative authority not later than March 15th of each…
District court districts shall be established in accordance with the following standards:(1) Every part of the county shall be in some district.(2) The whole county may constitute one district.(3) There shall not be more districts than there are judges authorized for the county.(4) A district boundary shall not interse…
Joint districts may be established containing all or part of two or more counties. The county containing the largest portion of the population of a joint district shall be known as the "principal county" and each joint district shall be deemed to lie within the principal county for the purpose of chapters 3.30 through…
A county legislative authority for a county that has a single district but has multiple locations for courtrooms may establish separate electoral districts to provide for election of district court judges by subcounty local districts. In any county containing a city of more than four hundred thousand population, the le…
In any county in which separate electoral districts have been established pursuant to RCW 3.38.070, the term "district" also means "electoral district" for purposes of RCW 3.38.022, 3.38.050, and 3.38.060.