| Passed by the House February 26, 2003 Yeas 97 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 2003 Yeas 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1232 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/18/03.
AN ACT Relating to jail booking fees; and amending RCW 70.48.390.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.48.390 and 1999 c 325 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
A governing unit may require that each person who is booked at a
city, county, or regional jail pay a fee ((of ten dollars)) based on
the jail's actual booking costs or one hundred dollars, whichever is
less, to the sheriff's department of the county or police chief of the
city in which the jail is located. The fee is payable immediately from
any money then possessed by the person being booked, or any money
deposited with the sheriff's department or city jail administration on
the person's behalf. If the person has no funds at the time of booking
or during the period of incarceration, the sheriff or police chief may
notify the court in the county or city where the charges related to the
booking are pending, and may request the assessment of the fee. Unless
the person is held on other criminal matters, if the person is not
charged, is acquitted, or if all charges are dismissed, the sheriff or
police chief shall return the fee to the person at the last known
address listed in the booking records.