2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 3.46.040: Petition.

Establishment of a municipal department shall be initiated by a petition from the legislative body of the city to the county legislative authority. Such petition shall be filed not less than thirty days prior to February 1, 1962, or any subsequent year, and shall set forth: (1) The number of full time and part time judges required for the municipal department; (2) the amount of time for which a part time judge will be required for the municipal department; and (3) whether the full time judge or judges will be elected or appointed. In a petition filed subsequent to 1962 provision shall be made for temporary appointment of a municipal judge to fill each elective position until the next election for district judges. The petition shall be forthwith transmitted to the districting committee. The organization of the municipal department shall be incorporated into the districting plan. The districting committee in its plan shall designate the proportion of the salary of each judge serving as a part time municipal judge to be paid by the city, which shall be proportionate to the time of such judge allotted to the municipal department by the districting plan. A city may withdraw its petition any time prior to adoption of the districting plan by the county legislative authority, and thereupon the municipal department pursuant to this chapter shall not be established.

[1984 c 258 § 74; 1961 c 299 § 38.]

Court Improvement Act of 1984 -- Effective dates -- Severability -- Short title -- 1984 c 258: See notes following RCW 3.30.010.