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                                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5844

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Erwin, M. Rasmussen, Amondson, Drew, Prentice, Pelz, Niemi, Winsley, Sheldon, McDonald, Talmadge, Owen, Snyder, Haugen, Hargrove, Moyer, Quigley, Roach, Jesernig, Oke, Hochstatter and Spanel)

Read first time 03/01/93.

Allowing volunteers to assist agencies to serve at-risk children's needs.

          AN ACT Relating to volunteers serving the needs of at-risk children; and adding a new section to chapter 43.150 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.150 RCW to read as follows:

          A volunteer organization or individual volunteer may assist a public agency, with the agency's approval, in a collaborative program designed to serve the needs of at-risk children.  The center, with the advice and counsel of the attorney general, shall develop guidelines defining at-risk children and establishing reasonable safety standards for the activities of any volunteers.  In carrying out the volunteer activity, the individual volunteer or member of the volunteer organization shall not be considered to be an employee or agent of any public agency involved in the collaborative program.  Prior to participation, a volunteer and the public agency administering the collaborative program shall sign a written master agreement, approved in form by the attorney general, that includes provisions defining the scope of the volunteer activities and waiving any claims against each other.  No participating public agency, volunteer organization, or individual volunteer is subject to any liability whatsoever arising out of the volunteer activity when acting in good faith.

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