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                          HOUSE BILL 1675

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Koster, Campbell, Ballasiotes, Radcliff, Carrell, Stevens, Smith, McMorris, Pennington, Clements, Blanton, Sherstad, Benton, Boldt and Honeyford

Read first time 02/03/95.  Referred to Committee on Children & Family Services.

Requiring the department of social and health services to determine if public assistance applicants are fugitives from justice.

    AN ACT Relating to public assistance applicants; amending RCW 43.43.500; and adding a new section to chapter 74.08 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 74.08 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The department shall establish a terminal facility to gain access to the Washington state crime information center to determine whether applicants for public assistance are fugitives from justice.  If the department determines that an applicant is a fugitive from justice, the department shall (a) contact the appropriate law enforcement agency; and (b) deny the application for assistance.

    (2) The department shall seek all necessary federal approvals and waivers to comply with this section.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 43.43.500 and 1967 ex.s. c 27 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    There is established the Washington state crime information center to be located in the records division of the Washington state patrol and to function under the direction of the chief of the Washington state patrol.  The center shall serve to coordinate crime information, by means of data processing, for all law enforcement agencies in the state.  It shall make such use of the facilities of the law enforcement teletype system as is practical.  It shall provide access to the national crime information center, to motor vehicle and driver license information and to such other public records as may be accessed by data processing and which are pertinent to law enforcement.  The center shall provide access to the department of social and health services to make determinations required under section 1 of this act.

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