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AN ORDINANCE implementing the district court redistricting committee's amendment to the districting plan for the elimination of two court locations in 2003; amending Ordinance 8935, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.68.070.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 8935, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.68.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows
King County district court - organization.
A. There is created a single district court, whose boundaries are all the area within the boundaries of King County, including the centerline of Puget Sound and all of the current city of Bothell, as a joint district court district established under RCW 3.38.060 and named the district court of the state of Washington in and for the district of King County.
B. The number of judges of the King County district court is twenty-six full-time judges.
C. The 2001 population of King County is one million six hundred eighty-five thousand six hundred.
D. The location of the central office of the King County district court is the King County Courthouse, Seattle, Washington.
E. There are ((ten)) eight court facilities within the unified district located as follows:
1. South division:
a. City of Kent;
b. ((City of Federal Way;
c. City of Renton)); and
((d.)) b. City of Burien with additional facilities in the vicinity of Vahson business district;
2. East division:
a. City of Bellevue;
b. City of Issaquah;
c. City of Mercer Island;
d. City of Redmond; and
e. City of Shoreline; and
3. West Division: City of Seattle.
F. The administrative records of the King County district court shall be maintained at the central office or in a location designated by the presiding judge. Court records shall be located at the respective court facilities or in a location designated by the presiding judge.
G. The number and location of district court commiss...

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