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                                 SENATE BILL 5304

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Senators Talmadge, Skratek and A. Smith.

 

Read first time January 28, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.Requiring local governments to prepare a criminal justice plan.


     AN ACT Relating to criminal justice funding; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW.

 

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

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.14 RCW to read as follows:

     By January 1, 1992, and annually thereafter, as a condition of receiving funds under RCW 82.14.310 through 82.14.330, a local government shall file a criminal justice plan with the department of community development. The criminal justice plan shall include:

     (1) Current criminal justice activities of the local government;

     (2) Projected allocation of criminal justice resources, including the funds provided under RCW 82.14.310 through 82.14.330;

     (3) Efforts by the local government to coordinate strategies against crime and use multijurisdictional and innovative approaches in addressing criminal justice problems; and

     (4) Evidence of community-wide participation in the criminal justice planning process.

     This section expires July 1, 1994.