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                          HOUSE BILL 1136

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Ballasiotes, Kessler, Campbell, Costa, Padden, Delvin, Hargrove, Basich, Tokuda, Lisk, Dyer, Mastin, Schoesler, Blanton, Sheldon, Lambert, L. Thomas, Backlund, Van Luven, Benton, Buck, Crouse, Chappell, Wolfe, Huff, Mitchell, Hickel, Thompson, Foreman, Sherstad, Chandler, Clements, Patterson, Mulliken, Honeyford, Cooke, Johnson, D. Schmidt, Pennington, Hymes, Kremen, Carrell, Mielke and Sheahan

Read first time 01/16/95.  Referred to Committee on Corrections.

Requiring twenty-five percent of inmate welfare accounts to be used for victims' compensation.

    AN ACT Relating to inmate welfare accounts; amending RCW 43.88.195; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the responsibility for criminal activity should fall squarely on the criminal.  To the greatest extent possible society should not be expected to have to pay the price for crimes twice, once for the criminal activity and again by feeding, clothing, and housing the criminal.  The corrections system should be the first place criminals are given the opportunity to be responsible for paying for their criminal act, not just through the loss of their personal freedom, but by making financial contributions to alleviate the pain and suffering of victims of crime.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 43.88.195 and 1993 c 500 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) After August 11, 1969, no state agency, state institution, state institution of higher education, which shall include all state universities, regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and community colleges, shall establish any new accounts or funds which are to be located outside of the state treasury:  PROVIDED, That the office of financial management shall be authorized to grant permission for the establishment of such an account or fund outside of the state treasury only when the requesting agency presents compelling reasons of economy and efficiency which could not be achieved by placing such funds in the state treasury.  When the director of financial management authorizes the creation of such fund or account, the director shall forthwith give written notice of the fact to the standing committees on ways and means of the house and senate:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That the office of financial management may grant permission for the establishment of accounts outside of the state treasury for the purposes of RCW 39.35C.120.  Agencies authorized to create local accounts will utilize the services of the state treasurer's office to ensure that new or ongoing relationships with financial institutions are in concert with state-wide policies and procedures pursuant to RCW 43.88.160(1).

(2) The department of corrections shall deposit no less than twenty-five percent of the total funds collected for inmate welfare accounts maintained by the department as authorized under this section into the public safety and education account for the crime victims' compensation program as outlined in chapter 7.68 RCW.

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