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SENATE BILL 5648
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators Morton, McCaslin and West
Read first time 02/05/97. Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to juvenile services; and amending RCW 13.04.035.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 13.04.035 and 1996 c 284 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Juvenile court shall be administered by the superior court, except
that by local court rule and agreement with the legislative authority of the
county this service may be administered by the legislative authority of the
county. Juvenile probation counselor and detention services shall be
administered by the superior court, except that (1) ((by local court rule
and agreement with the county legislative authority, these services may be
administered by)) the county legislative authority may prescribe for
alternative administration of these services by ordinance; (2) if a
consortium of three or more counties, located east of the Cascade mountains and
whose combined population exceeds five hundred thirty thousand, jointly
operates a juvenile correctional facility, the county legislative authorities
may prescribe for alternative administration of the juvenile correctional
facility by ordinance; and (3) in any county with a population of one million
or more, probation and detention services shall be administered in accordance
with chapter 13.20 RCW. The administrative body shall appoint an administrator
of juvenile court, probation counselor, and detention services who shall be
responsible for day-to-day administration of such services, and who may also
serve in the capacity of a probation counselor. One person may, pursuant to
the agreement of more than one administrative body, serve as administrator of
more than one juvenile court.
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