HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1524

BYRepresentatives Nelson, Brooks and Braddock; by request of Department of Corrections

Changing provisions relating to Washington state correctional industries.

House Committe on Health Care

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (8)

      Signed by Representatives Braddock, Chair; Brooks, Ranking Republican Member; Cantwell, Chandler, Morris, Prentice, D. Sommers and Wolfe.

House Staff:Antonio Sanchez (786-7383)

AS PASSED HOUSE MARCH 6, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Current law defines the Institutional Industries Board of Directors as an advisory group with a limited number of members all serving without compensation.  The Board was established to provide a broad range of expertise and input from the community in an attempt to facilitate the operation of the Institutional Industries.

The Board of Directors has suggested that several measures need to be taken to allow them to work on substantial issues, encourage meaningful participation, and increase the level of expertise and promote productivity.

SUMMARY:

Changes all references to "Institutional Industries" to "Correctional Industries."  Establishes the Correctional Industries Board of Directors as a policy-setting body for the work programs and clarifies the roles and responsibilities of the Board.  It re-defines the composition of the Institutional Industries Board of Directors and authorizes compensation.  Finally, it permits the Board to establish trade advisory or apprenticeship committees or to work with existing vocational educational education trade advisory or apprenticeship committees.

Fiscal Note:      Available.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Lynn Lodmell, Department of Corrections and Frank Dennis, Chapter of Board on Institutional Industries.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Broadens and amplifies the board's ability to keep pace with changing needs in the institutional industries environment and strengthens their abilities to coordinate with private sector businesses.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.