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                         SENATE BILL 5186

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Roach, Smith and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/13/95.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Providing for transfer to department of corrections facilities of juvenile offenders who reach eighteen years of age.

    AN ACT Relating to terms of confinement of juvenile offenders who reach eighteen years of age; and reenacting and amending RCW 13.40.280.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 13.40.280 and 1989 c 410 s 2 and 1989 c 407 s 8 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    (1) The secretary, with the consent of the secretary of the department of corrections, has the authority to transfer a juvenile presently or hereafter committed to the department of social and health services to the department of corrections for appropriate institutional placement in accordance with this section.

    (2) A juvenile offender who reaches eighteen years of age must be transferred to a department of corrections facility to finish the remaining juvenile disposition term of confinement.

(3) The secretary of the department of social and health services may, with the consent of the secretary of the department of corrections, transfer a juvenile offender to the department of corrections if it is established at a hearing before a review board that continued placement of the juvenile offender in an institution for juvenile offenders presents a continuing and serious threat to the safety of others in the institution.  The department of social and health services shall establish rules for the conduct of the hearing, including provision of counsel for the juvenile offender.

    (((3))) (4) Assaults made against any staff member at a juvenile corrections institution that are reported to a local law enforcement agency shall require a hearing held by the department of social and health services review board within ten judicial working days.  The board shall determine whether the accused juvenile offender represents a continuing and serious threat to the safety of others in the institution.

    (((4))) (5) Upon conviction in a court of law for custodial assault as defined in RCW 9A.36.100, the department of social and health services review board shall conduct a second hearing, within five judicial working days, to recommend to the secretary of the department of social and health services that the convicted juvenile be transferred to an adult correctional facility if the review board has determined the juvenile offender represents a continuing and serious threat to the safety of others in the institution.

    The juvenile has the burden to show cause why the transfer to an adult correctional facility should not occur.

    (((5))) (6) A juvenile offender transferred to an institution operated by the department of corrections shall not remain in such an institution beyond the maximum term of confinement imposed by the juvenile court.

    (((6))) (7) A juvenile offender who has been transferred to the department of corrections under this section may, in the discretion of the secretary of the department of social and health services and with the consent of the secretary of the department of corrections, be transferred from an institution operated by the department of corrections to a facility for juvenile offenders deemed appropriate by the secretary.

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