CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5494

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 16, 1993   YEAS 48   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 15, 1993   YEAS 96   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5494 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the        House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                                     SENATE BILL 5494

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                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Talmadge and Deccio; by request of Department of Social and Health Services

Read first time 02/01/93.  Referred to Committee on Health & Human Services.

Including certain juveniles who are the subject of proceedings under chapter 13.34 RCW in the definition of "at-risk juvenile sex offenders."

          AN ACT Relating to at-risk juvenile sex offenders; and amending RCW 74.13.075.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 74.13.075 and 1990 c 3 s 305 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) For the purposes of funds appropriated for the treatment of at-risk juvenile sex offenders, "at-risk juvenile sex offenders" means those juveniles who are the subject of a proceeding under chapter 13.34 RCW or in the care and custody of the state who:

          (a) Have been abused; and

          (b) Have committed a sexually aggressive or other violent act that is sexual in nature; or

          (c) Cannot be detained under the juvenile justice system due to being under age twelve and incompetent to stand trial for acts that could be prosecuted as sex offenses as defined by RCW 9.94A.030 if the juvenile was over twelve years of age, or competent to stand trial if under twelve years of age.

          (2) In expending these funds, the department of social and health services shall establish in each region a case review committee to review all cases for which the funds are used.  In determining whether to use these funds in a particular case, the committee shall consider:

          (a) The age of the juvenile;

          (b) The extent and type of abuse to which the juvenile has been subjected;

          (c) The juvenile's past conduct;

          (d) The benefits that can be expected from the treatment; and

          (e) The cost of the treatment.

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