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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6431

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge and Rasmussen

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on  Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to walk-through metal detector operators; amending RCW 43.101.010; and adding a new section to chapter 43.101 RCW.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 94, Laws of 1974 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 132, Laws of 1981 and RCW 43.101.010 are each amended to read as follows:

          When used in this chapter:

          (1) The term "commission" means the Washington state criminal justice training commission.

          (2) The term "boards" means the education and training standards boards, the establishment of which are authorized by this chapter.

          (3) The term "criminal justice personnel" means any person who serves in a county, city, state, or port commission agency engaged in crime prevention, crime reduction, or enforcement of the criminal law, or any walk-through metal detector operator.

          (4) The term "law enforcement personnel" means any public employee or volunteer having as a primary function the enforcement of criminal laws in general or any employee or volunteer of, or any individual commissioned by, any municipal, county, state, or combination thereof, agency having as its primary function the enforcement of criminal laws in general as distinguished from an agency possessing peace officer powers, the primary function of which is the implementation of specialized subject matter areas.  For the purposes of this subsection "primary function" means that function to which the greater allocation of resources is made.

          (5) The term "correctional personnel" means any employee or volunteer who by state, county, municipal, or combination thereof, statute has the responsibility for the confinement, care, management, training, treatment, education, supervision, or counseling of those individuals whose civil rights have been limited in some way by legal sanction.

(6) The term "walk-through metal detector operator" means any person employed by a county, city, state, port, or private facility to operate a walk-through metal detector or magnetometer for the purpose of crime prevention, crime reduction, or enforcement of the criminal law.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 43.101 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) All walk-through metal detector operators shall engage in and complete a certificated training program conducted by the commission on the proper use and operation of walk-through metal detectors.  The training program shall be successfully completed prior to or during the first month of employment as a walk-through metal detector operator unless otherwise extended or waived by the commission.

          (2) The commission shall adopt standards pursuant to RCW 43.101.080 for the training and education of walk-through metal detector operators.

          (3) Private walk-through metal detector operators shall pay the commission the full cost of providing the training required by subsection (1) of this section.