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                          HOUSE BILL 1848

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Morris, Ebersole, Ogden, Appelwick, Sommers, Conway, Grant, Mastin, Scott, Veloria, Chappell, Brown, Poulsen, Jacobsen, Wolfe, Mason, Dellwo, Valle, Regala, Rust, Cody, Hatfield, Dickerson, Patterson, G. Fisher, Sheldon, Costa, Chopp, Kessler, Kremen, Quall, Cole and Basich

Read first time 02/10/95.  Referred to Committee on Capital Budget.

Providing for increasing juvenile detention facilities.

    AN ACT Relating to increasing juvenile detention facilities; creating a new section; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that almost half of the juvenile offenders in the state of Washington are housed in county detention facilities and that county detention facilities are overcrowded, waiting lists are common in counties without facilities, and juvenile court administrators report that sentences for juvenile offenders are allowed to lapse because of the lack of facilities.  Therefore, it is the intent of the legislature to provide financial assistance to local governments to build or expand juvenile detention facilities to reduce the current level of overcrowding and to address the growing population of juvenile offenders in the state.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The sum of twenty-eight million four hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1997, from the state building construction account to the department of community, trade, and economic development for the purpose of financial assistance to local governments to build or expand juvenile detention facilities.  Each dollar expended from this appropriation shall be matched by at least one dollar from nonstate sources for the same purpose.  Prior to making grants to local governments from this appropriation the department shall establish a process for grant applications that includes a priority ranking system for evaluating and approving grant applications and establish maximum allowable costs per square foot for grants of financial assistance.  In developing the priority ranking system the department shall consult with the office of financial management, juvenile court administrators, and the association of Washington counties.

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