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                          HOUSE BILL 1712

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Lambert, Cooke, Padden, Crouse, Hargrove and Elliot

Read first time 02/06/95.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Prescribing procedures for pretrial release.

    AN ACT Relating to pretrial release; and adding a new section to chapter 10.19 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 10.19 RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding CrR 3.2, a court who releases a defendant arrested or charged with a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 on the offender's personal recognizance or personal recognizance with conditions must state on the record the reasons why the court did not require the defendant to post bail.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

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