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                                                     SENATE BILL 6050

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1994 Regular Session

By Senator Ludwig; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/10/94.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Funding state patrol investigations of crimes against state agencies.

          AN ACT Relating to state patrol investigation of criminal acts against agencies of the state of Washington; and adding a new section to chapter 43.43 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.43 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The state patrol is responsible for the investigation of all suspected criminal activity that may occur against agencies of the state of Washington.

          (2) The state auditor, upon finding suspected criminal activity against the state of Washington, shall submit a report about the suspected criminal activity to the state patrol.

          (3) Once a year the chief of the state patrol and the director of financial management shall jointly determine an amount that the state patrol may assess other state agencies for services provided under this section.  An agency's individual assessment is based on the number of full-time employees the agency is authorized to employ in the forthcoming fiscal year.

          (4) The state patrol services account is created in the state treasury.  All receipts from assessments made under subsection (3) of this section shall be deposited into the account.  Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.  Expenditures from the account may be used only for the actual costs of the investigations provided to state agencies by the state patrol.

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