WSR 15-01-011

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

[Filed December 4, 2014, 1:08 p.m., effective January 4, 2015]

Reviser's note: The following material has not been adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, but has been filed in the office of the code reviser and is published in the Register exactly as filed.

Following are amendments to WAC 137-48-060, inmate mail and communications. This amendment is submitted for publication in the Washington State Register and the Washington Administrative Code. Pertinent information follows:

1. The amendment to chapter 137-48 WAC, Inmate mail and communications, is adopted as of December 4, 2014.

2. The effective date of this amendment shall be January 4, 2015.

3. I certify pursuant to RCW 34.05.030 that the rule as stated above is excluded from the Administrative Procedure Act.

Bernard Warner

Secretary

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 10-11-057, filed 5/13/10, effective 5/17/10)

WAC 137-48-060 Mail costs.

(1) Except as otherwise stated in this section, mail costs shall be the responsibility of the inmate.

(2) Mail which arrives at the institution with postage due may, at the option of the superintendent, be delivered to the inmate. The institution may pay the postage due in accordance with subsection (3) of this section, or hold the mail for a reasonable period of time so as to allow the inmate to arrange for payment of the postage due. If such arrangements are not made within the time provided, the package/mail may be donated to charity or discarded.

(3) Indigent inmates shall be authorized to receive postage up to the equivalent to the mailing cost of ((five)) ten standard first class letters per ((week)) month. This indigent postage provision shall cover ((both legal and/or)) regular letters. Indigent offenders will be allowed additional postage for legal mail as identified by the department.

(4) The department shall recoup any expenditures made by the institution for postage due on incoming mail and/or indigent postage for letters, (as identified in subsection (3) of this section) may be recouped by the institution whenever such indigent inmate has ten dollars or more of disposable income in his/her trust fund account.