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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1367

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Mielke, Ludwig, Rayburn, Inslee, Riley, Edmondson, Anderson, D. Sommers, Winsley, Vance, Moyer, Miller, Brumsickle, Bowman, Horn, May, Betrozoff, Bray, Orr, Tate, Sheldon and Silver; by request of Attorney General).

Read first time February 19, 1991.  Creating a crime stoppers assistance office.

     AN ACT Relating to community involvement in stopping crime through creation of a Crime Stoppers assistance office; creating new sections; making an appropriation; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      (1) The attorney general shall establish a Crime Stoppers assistance office to work in conjunction with local Crime Stoppers organizations, sheriffs, and police chiefs to design model Crime Stoppers programs and provide training and assistance to local Crime Stoppers efforts.

     (2) The Crime Stoppers assistance office may distribute appropriated funds in the form of grants to law enforcement agencies or local jurisdictions with qualified Crime Stoppers programs as follows:

     (a) The Crime Stoppers assistance office may accept applications for grants from law enforcement agencies or local jurisdictions with Crime Stoppers programs identical or similar to the model programs or from law enforcement agencies or local jurisdictions wishing to start such programs.

     (b) The Crime Stoppers assistance office will determine what matching resources, if any, should be required from those Crime Stoppers programs seeking grants.

     (c) At least twenty-five percent of the grants given in any biennium must be for training, public awareness efforts, and establishing new programs.

     (d) Grants awarded to local jurisdictions shall be used for operating costs of Crime Stoppers programs, and may not be used for rewards.

     (e) Law enforcement agencies or local jurisdictions may not receive more than one grant under section 4 of this act.  The grant may be awarded either to start a Crime Stoppers program or to expand an existing Crime Stoppers program but not both.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      The attorney general shall appoint an advisory council to periodically review the Crime Stoppers program and report to the legislature, not later than January 1 of each year, on the program's administration and its progress in achieving its objectives.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      The attorney general may adopt rules as are necessary to achieve the goals of this program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.      The sum of four hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, to the attorney general from the general fund, to effect the purposes of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.      This act shall expire on June 30, 1993.