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Clerk 09/24/2018
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AN ORDINANCE increasing the filing fees for all mandatory arbitration and trial de novo of an arbitration award cases in superior court under RCW 36.18.016 filed on or after September 1, 2018; and amending Ordinance 13842, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.630.070 and Ordinance 13563, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.630.080.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. A. Section 2 of this ordinance increases the fee for filing a request for mandatory arbitration.
B. This increase is authorized under RCW 36.18.016 and Section 8, Chapter 36, Laws of Washington 2018, which allows counties to impose a fee for filing a request for mandatory arbitration.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 13842, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.630.070 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Mandatory arbitration request. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to assess and collect a fee for filing a request for mandatory arbitration, as authorized in RCW 36.18.016. The fee will be two hundred ((twenty)) fifty dollars.
SECTION 3. A. Section 4 of this ordinance increases the fee for filing a request for trial de novo of an arbitration award.
B. This increase is authorized under RCW 36.18.016, which allows counties to impose a fee for filing a request for a trial de novo of an arbitration award.
SECTION 4. Ordinance 13563, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4A.630.080 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Trial de novo of arbitration award. The department of judicial administration is hereby authorized to assess and collect a fee for filing a request for a trial de novo of an
arbitration award, as authorized under RCW 36.18.016. The fee shall be ((two)) four hundred ((fifty)) dollars.