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                         SENATE BILL 5960

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senators Long, Haugen, Goings and Winsley

 

Read first time 02/24/97.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Adopting the community justice act.


    AN ACT Relating to development of a community justice act; amending RCW 9.94A.127, 9.94A.180, 13.40.135, and 43.43.754; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.030 and 9.94A.380; adding new sections to chapter 72.09 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows:

    The legislature finds that citizens and victims of crime need to be active partners in responding to crime, in the management of resources, and in the sentencing and follow-up of convicted offenders in their community.  Involvement of citizens and victims of crime increase offender accountability and build healthier communities.  The legislature also finds that local governments are in the best position to develop, coordinate, and manage local community corrections programs and to determine local resource priorities.  Local management of local community corrections programs will build upon local values and increase local control of resources, encourage the use of a comprehensive range of community-based correctional strategies, and allow for restorative justice processes.  In order to increase the credibility, efficiency, and effectiveness of the state's criminal justice system, the legislature authorizes creation of the community justice act, chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act), based on victim and citizen involvement, local control of resources, and the enhancement of public safety.

    The intended purposes of chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act), the community justice act, are to:

    (1) Create a mechanism to encourage local community control of community corrections programs;

    (2) Assist local government in developing community-based correctional programs that meet local community needs for safety, punishment, accountability, treatment, and resources;

    (3) Encourage the use of a range of community-based correctional strategies;

    (4) Introduce restorative justice concepts to encourage more frequent opportunities to repair the victim, community, and offender through the sentencing process;

    (5) Encourage active participation by victims and the community in community-based correctional programs;

    (6) Hold the offender accountable; and

    (7) Reduce the likelihood of future criminal behavior.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The Washington state law and justice advisory council, established under RCW 72.09.300(7), shall establish application and selection criteria for local governments that choose to develop programs based on restorative justice concepts.  The application and selection criteria must:

    (a) Be compatible with local and state law and justice plans;

    (b) Target all adult and juvenile offenders and youth populations at risk;

    (c) Include concepts of restorative justice that reflect the safety interests of the community, accountability of the offender, and encourage active participation by victims and the community in the sentencing process;

    (d) Support and encourage increased court discretion in imposing community-based correctional strategies as exemplified under RCW 9.94A.380;

    (e) Compatible with research that shows what works with offenders;

    (f) Include prevention strategies;

    (g) Be outcome based; and

    (h) Include an evaluation component.

    (2) Local governments that choose to participate in restorative justice concepts shall establish programs that are consistent with the state-wide comprehensive law and justice plan and are approved by the local law and justice council.

    (3) Local governments participating in restorative justice programs shall each submit a report on the progress of the program to the Washington state law and justice advisory council twelve months but not longer than fourteen months after implementation of the programs.  The Washington state law and justice advisory council then, within three months of the receipt of the reports, shall compile and provide a report to the legislature.

    (4) The state, acting in accordance with RCW 72.09.300, may make grants to local governments for the provision of community-based correctional strategies.  The grants must be made under a grant formula developed by the Washington state law and justice advisory council.  The grant formula must recognize the diversity of local needs, and must establish guidelines for the submission, review, and approval of grant requests by the Washington state law and justice advisory council, based upon availability of resources, consistency with the state-wide comprehensive law and justice plan, and the intent of the legislature.  Funding may be provided from new resources or state funds formerly used to provide state correctional services.

    (5) A local government receiving a grant under this section shall agree that any funds received must be used efficiently to encourage the use of existing community-based correctional strategies or in the development of new community-based correctional strategies, that decrease the reliance on incarceration for a target population identified in the local law and justice plan.  The local government shall also agree to account for the expenditure of all funds received under the grant and to submit to audits for compliance with the grant criteria developed by the Washington state law and justice advisory council.

    (6) The department, acting in accordance with RCW 72.09.300, may provide support and technical assistance to local government for training and education regarding community-based correctional strategies.

 

    Sec. 3.  RCW 9.94A.030 and 1996 c 289 s 1 and 1996 c 275 s 5 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    (1) "Collect," or any derivative thereof, "collect and remit," or "collect and deliver," when used with reference to the department of corrections, means that the department is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the offender's sentence with regard to the legal financial obligation, receiving payment thereof from the offender, and, consistent with current law, delivering daily the entire payment to the superior court clerk without depositing it in a departmental account.

    (2) "Commission" means the sentencing guidelines commission.

    (3) "Community" means a group of people in a local jurisdiction, or a combination of people in multiple jurisdictions, that could include but is not limited to community service agencies, schools, neighborhood associations, and the governments, that undertake joint efforts and shared responsibilities for purposes of providing community-based correctional strategies in their jurisdiction or jurisdictions, in accordance with the purposes and requirements of chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act), the community justice act.

    (4) "Community-based correctional strategies" means any of a number of alternative punishments and sanctions that are served by an offender in the community, including the alternatives listed in RCW 9.94A.380.

    (5) "Community corrections officer" means an employee of the department who is responsible for carrying out specific duties in supervision of sentenced offenders and monitoring of sentence conditions.

    (((4))) (6) "Community custody" means that portion of an inmate's sentence of confinement in lieu of earned early release time or imposed pursuant to RCW 9.94A.120 (6), (8), or (10) served in the community subject to controls placed on the inmate's movement and activities by the department of corrections.

    (((5))) (7) "Community placement" means that period during which the offender is subject to the conditions of community custody and/or postrelease supervision, which begins either upon completion of the term of confinement (postrelease supervision) or at such time as the offender is transferred to community custody in lieu of earned early release.  Community placement may consist of entirely community custody, entirely postrelease supervision, or a combination of the two.

    (((6))) (8) "Community service" means compulsory service, without compensation, performed for the benefit of the community by the offender.

    (((7))) (9) "Community supervision" means a period of time during which a convicted offender is subject to crime-related prohibitions and other sentence conditions imposed by a court pursuant to this chapter or RCW 16.52.200(6) or 46.61.524.  For first-time offenders, the supervision may include crime-related prohibitions and other conditions imposed pursuant to RCW 9.94A.120(5).  For purposes of the interstate compact for out-of-state supervision of parolees and probationers, RCW 9.95.270, community supervision is the functional equivalent of probation and should be considered the same as probation by other states.

    (((8))) (10) "Confinement" means total or partial confinement as defined in this section.

    (((9))) (11) "Conviction" means an adjudication of guilt pursuant to Titles 10 or 13 RCW and includes a verdict of guilty, a finding of guilty, and acceptance of a plea of guilty.

    (((10))) (12) "Court-ordered legal financial obligation" means a sum of money that is ordered by a superior court of the state of Washington for legal financial obligations which may include restitution to the victim, statutorily imposed crime victims' compensation fees as assessed pursuant to RCW 7.68.035, court costs, county or interlocal drug funds, court-appointed attorneys' fees, and costs of defense, fines, and any other financial obligation that is assessed to the offender as a result of a felony conviction.  Upon conviction for vehicular assault while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, RCW 46.61.522(1)(b), or vehicular homicide while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug, RCW 46.61.520(1)(a), legal financial obligations may also include payment to a public agency of the expense of an emergency response to the incident resulting in the conviction, subject to the provisions in RCW 38.52.430.

    (((11))) (13) "Crime-related prohibition" means an order of a court prohibiting conduct that directly relates to the circumstances of the crime for which the offender has been convicted, and shall not be construed to mean orders directing an offender affirmatively to participate in rehabilitative programs or to otherwise perform affirmative conduct.

    (((12))) (14)(a) "Criminal history" means the list of a defendant's prior convictions, whether in this state, in federal court, or elsewhere.  The history shall include, where known, for each conviction (i) whether the defendant has been placed on probation and the length and terms thereof; and (ii) whether the defendant has been incarcerated and the length of incarceration.

    (b) "Criminal history" shall always include juvenile convictions for sex offenses and serious violent offenses and shall also include a defendant's other prior convictions in juvenile court if:  (i) The conviction was for an offense which is a felony or a serious traffic offense and is criminal history as defined in RCW 13.40.020(9); (ii) the defendant was fifteen years of age or older at the time the offense was committed; and (iii) with respect to prior juvenile class B and C felonies or serious traffic offenses, the defendant was less than twenty-three years of age at the time the offense for which he or she is being sentenced was committed.

    (((13))) (15) "Day fine" means a fine imposed by the sentencing judge that equals the difference between the offender's net daily income and the reasonable obligations that the offender has for the support of the offender and any dependents.

    (((14))) (16) "Day reporting" means a program of enhanced supervision designed to monitor the defendant's daily activities and compliance with sentence conditions, and in which the defendant is required to report daily to a specific location designated by the department or the sentencing judge.

    (((15))) (17) "Department" means the department of corrections.

    (((16))) (18) "Determinate sentence" means a sentence that states with exactitude the number of actual years, months, or days of total confinement, of partial confinement, of community supervision, the number of actual hours or days of community service work, or dollars or terms of a legal financial obligation.  The fact that an offender through "earned early release" can reduce the actual period of confinement shall not affect the classification of the sentence as a determinate sentence.

    (((17))) (19) "Disposable earnings" means that part of the earnings of an individual remaining after the deduction from those earnings of any amount required by law to be withheld.  For the purposes of this definition, "earnings" means compensation paid or payable for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonuses, or otherwise, and, notwithstanding any other provision of law making the payments exempt from garnishment, attachment, or other process to satisfy a court-ordered legal financial obligation, specifically includes periodic payments pursuant to pension or retirement programs, or insurance policies of any type, but does not include payments made under Title 50 RCW, except as provided in RCW 50.40.020 and 50.40.050, or Title 74 RCW.

    (((18))) (20) "Drug offense" means:

    (a) Any felony violation of chapter 69.50 RCW except possession of a controlled substance (RCW 69.50.401(d)) or forged prescription for a controlled substance (RCW 69.50.403);

    (b) Any offense defined as a felony under federal law that relates to the possession, manufacture, distribution, or transportation of a controlled substance; or

    (c) Any out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a drug offense under (a) of this subsection.

    (((19))) (21) "Escape" means:

    (a) Escape in the first degree (RCW 9A.76.110), escape in the second degree (RCW 9A.76.120), willful failure to return from furlough (RCW 72.66.060), willful failure to return from work release (RCW 72.65.070), or willful failure to be available for supervision by the department while in community custody (RCW 72.09.310); or

    (b) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as an escape under (a) of this subsection.

    (((20))) (22) "Felony traffic offense" means:

    (a) Vehicular homicide (RCW 46.61.520), vehicular assault (RCW 46.61.522), eluding a police officer (RCW 46.61.024), or felony hit-and-run injury-accident (RCW 46.52.020(4)); or

    (b) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a felony traffic offense under (a) of this subsection.

    (((21))) (23) "Fines" means the requirement that the offender pay a specific sum of money over a specific period of time to the court.

    (((22))) (24)(a) "First-time offender" means any person who is convicted of a felony (i) not classified as a violent offense or a sex offense under this chapter, or (ii) that is not the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to manufacture or deliver a controlled substance classified in schedule I or II that is a narcotic drug, nor the manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers as defined in RCW 69.50.206(d)(2), nor the selling for profit of any controlled substance or counterfeit substance classified in schedule I, RCW 69.50.204, except leaves and flowering tops of marihuana, and except as provided in (b) of this subsection, who previously has never been convicted of a felony in this state, federal court, or another state, and who has never participated in a program of deferred prosecution for a felony offense.

    (b) For purposes of (a) of this subsection, a juvenile adjudication for an offense committed before the age of fifteen years is not a previous felony conviction except for adjudications of sex offenses and serious violent offenses.

    (((23))) (25) "Most serious offense" means any of the following felonies or a felony attempt to commit any of the following felonies, as now existing or hereafter amended:

    (a) Any felony defined under any law as a class A felony or criminal solicitation of or criminal conspiracy to commit a class A felony;

    (b) Assault in the second degree;

    (c) Assault of a child in the second degree;

    (d) Child molestation in the second degree;

    (e) Controlled substance homicide;

    (f) Extortion in the first degree;

    (g) Incest when committed against a child under age fourteen;

    (h) Indecent liberties;

    (i) Kidnapping in the second degree;

    (j) Leading organized crime;

    (k) Manslaughter in the first degree;

    (l) Manslaughter in the second degree;

    (m) Promoting prostitution in the first degree;

    (n) Rape in the third degree;

    (o) Robbery in the second degree;

    (p) Sexual exploitation;

    (q) Vehicular assault;

    (r) Vehicular homicide, when proximately caused by the driving of any vehicle by any person while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug as defined by RCW 46.61.502, or by the operation of any vehicle in a reckless manner;

    (s) Any other class B felony offense with a finding of sexual motivation, as "sexual motivation" is defined under this section;

    (t) Any other felony with a deadly weapon verdict under RCW 9.94A.125;

    (u) Any felony offense in effect at any time prior to December 2, 1993, that is comparable to a most serious offense under this subsection, or any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a most serious offense under this subsection.

    (((24))) (26) "Nonviolent offense" means an offense which is not a violent offense.

    (((25))) (27) "Offender" means a person who has committed a felony established by state law and is eighteen years of age or older or is less than eighteen years of age but whose case has been transferred by the appropriate juvenile court to a criminal court pursuant to RCW 13.40.110.  Throughout this chapter, the terms "offender" and "defendant" are used interchangeably.

    (((26))) (28) "Partial confinement" means confinement for no more than one year in a facility or institution operated or utilized under contract by the state or any other unit of government, or, if home detention or work crew has been ordered by the court, in an approved residence, for a substantial portion of each day with the balance of the day spent in the community.  Partial confinement includes work release, home detention, work crew, and a combination of work crew and home detention as defined in this section.

    (((27))) (29) "Persistent offender" is an offender who:

    (a)(i) Has been convicted in this state of any felony considered a most serious offense; and

    (ii) Has, before the commission of the offense under (a) of this subsection, been convicted as an offender on at least two separate occasions, whether in this state or elsewhere, of felonies that under the laws of this state would be considered most serious offenses and would be included in the offender score under RCW 9.94A.360; provided that of the two or more previous convictions, at least one conviction must have occurred before the commission of any of the other most serious offenses for which the offender was previously convicted; or

    (b)(i) Has been convicted of (A) rape in the first degree, rape in the second degree, or indecent liberties by forcible compulsion; (B) murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, kidnapping in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, assault in the first degree, assault in the second degree, or burglary in the first degree, with a finding of sexual motivation; or (C) an attempt to commit any crime listed in this ((subsection (27)))(b)(i) of this subsection; and

    (ii) Has, before the commission of the offense under (b)(i) of this subsection, been convicted as an offender on at least one occasion, whether in this state or elsewhere, of an offense listed in (b)(i) of this subsection.

    (((28))) (30) "Postrelease supervision" is that portion of an offender's community placement that is not community custody.

    (((29))) (31) "Restitution" means the requirement that the offender pay a specific sum of money over a specific period of time to the court as payment of damages.  The sum may include both public and private costs.  The imposition of a restitution order does not preclude civil redress.

    (((30))) (32) "Restorative justice" means a framework that can be used to guide the structure and process of the criminal justice system.  The restorative justice framework is based on the following assumptions:  (a) That crime results in injuries to victims, communities, and offenders; (b) that the victim, the community, and the offender should be included in the response to crime; (c) that criminal justice agencies and communities play a complementary role in the response to crime; (d) that offender accountability is based upon acknowledgement of responsibility and effort to repair the harm done; and (e) that the community becomes directly involved in supporting victims, holding offenders accountable, and providing opportunities for offenders to reintegrate into the community.  In the restorative justice framework, victims and the community may influence the sentence outcome through direct input to the court or through community restoration boards.

    (33) "Serious traffic offense" means:

    (a) Driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug (RCW 46.61.502), actual physical control while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug (RCW 46.61.504), reckless driving (RCW 46.61.500), or hit-and-run an attended vehicle (RCW 46.52.020(5)); or

    (b) Any federal, out-of-state, county, or municipal conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be classified as a serious traffic offense under (a) of this subsection.

    (((31))) (34) "Serious violent offense" is a subcategory of violent offense and means:

    (a) Murder in the first degree, homicide by abuse, murder in the second degree, assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the first degree, or rape in the first degree, assault of a child in the first degree, or an attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit one of these felonies; or

    (b) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a serious violent offense under (a) of this subsection.

    (((32))) (35) "Sentence range" means the sentencing court's discretionary range in imposing a nonappealable sentence.

    (((33))) (36) "Sex offense" means:

    (a) A felony that is a violation of chapter 9A.44 RCW or RCW 9A.64.020 or 9.68A.090 or a felony that is, under chapter 9A.28 RCW, a criminal attempt, criminal solicitation, or criminal conspiracy to commit such crimes;

    (b) A felony with a finding of sexual motivation under RCW 9.94A.127 or 13.40.135; or

    (c) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a sex offense under (a) of this subsection.

    (((34))) (37) "Sexual motivation" means that one of the purposes for which the defendant committed the crime was for the purpose of his or her sexual gratification.

    (((35))) (38) "Total confinement" means confinement inside the physical boundaries of a facility or institution operated or utilized under contract by the state or any other unit of government for twenty-four hours a day, or pursuant to RCW 72.64.050 and 72.64.060.

    (((36))) (39) "Transition training" means written and verbal instructions and assistance provided by the department to the offender during the two weeks prior to the offender's successful completion of the work ethic camp program.  The transition training shall include instructions in the offender's requirements and obligations during the offender's period of community custody.

    (((37))) (40) "Victim" means any person who has sustained emotional, psychological, physical, or financial injury to person or property as a direct result of the crime charged.

    (((38))) (41) "Violent offense" means:

    (a) Any of the following felonies, as now existing or hereafter amended:  Any felony defined under any law as a class A felony or an attempt to commit a class A felony, criminal solicitation of or criminal conspiracy to commit a class A felony, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, indecent liberties if committed by forcible compulsion, kidnapping in the second degree, arson in the second degree, assault in the second degree, assault of a child in the second degree, extortion in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, vehicular assault, and vehicular homicide, when proximately caused by the driving of any vehicle by any person while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any drug as defined by RCW 46.61.502, or by the operation of any vehicle in a reckless manner;

    (b) Any conviction for a felony offense in effect at any time prior to July 1, 1976, that is comparable to a felony classified as a violent offense in (a) of this subsection; and

    (c) Any federal or out-of-state conviction for an offense that under the laws of this state would be a felony classified as a violent offense under (a) or (b) of this subsection.

    (((39))) (42) "Work crew" means a program of partial confinement consisting of civic improvement tasks for the benefit of the community of not less than thirty-five hours per week that complies with RCW 9.94A.135.  The civic improvement tasks shall have minimal negative impact on existing private industries or the labor force in the county where the service or labor is performed.  The civic improvement tasks shall not affect employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities contracted through sheltered workshops as defined in RCW 82.04.385.  Only those offenders sentenced to a facility operated or utilized under contract by a county or the state are eligible to participate on a work crew.  Offenders sentenced for a sex offense ((as defined in subsection (33) of this section)) are not eligible for the work crew program.

    (((40))) (43) "Work ethic camp" means an alternative incarceration program designed to reduce recidivism and lower the cost of corrections by requiring offenders to complete a comprehensive array of real-world job and vocational experiences, character-building work ethics training, life management skills development, substance abuse rehabilitation, counseling, literacy training, and basic adult education.

    (((41))) (44) "Work release" means a program of partial confinement available to offenders who are employed or engaged as a student in a regular course of study at school.  Participation in work release shall be conditioned upon the offender attending work or school at regularly defined hours and abiding by the rules of the work release facility.

    (((42))) (45) "Home detention" means a program of partial confinement available to offenders wherein the offender is confined in a private residence subject to electronic surveillance.

 

    Sec. 4.  RCW 9.94A.380 and 1988 c 157 s 4 and 1988 c 155 s 3 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    (1) Alternatives to total confinement are available for offenders with sentences of one year or less.  These alternatives include the following sentence conditions that the court may order as substitutes for total confinement:  (((1))) (a) One day of partial confinement may be substituted for one day of total confinement; (((2))) (b) in addition, for offenders convicted of nonviolent offenses only, eight hours of community service may be substituted for one day of total confinement, with a maximum conversion limit of two hundred forty hours or thirty days.  Community service hours must be completed within the period of community supervision or a time period specified by the court, which shall not exceed twenty-four months, pursuant to a schedule determined by the department.

    (2) For sentences of nonviolent offenders for one year or less, the court shall consider and give priority to available alternatives to total confinement and shall state its reasons in writing on the judgment and sentence form if the alternatives are not used.  In determining the sentence for a nonviolent offender, the court shall balance the interests of the victim, the community, the offender, and the state.  In addition to the alternatives sentences listed in subsection (1) of this section, the court may impose alternatives to total confinement that include but are not limited to the following community-based correctional strategies:  Day reporting; electronic monitoring; fines, restitution, and legal financial obligations; partial confinement; restitution; reparative boards or restorative justice programs, or both, that may include affirmative conduct requirements; mediation; treatment; work crews and other options as are acceptable to the local community.

    (3) Before imposing a restorative justice element or other community-based correctional sentencing alternative under subsection (2) of this section, the court may suspend the imposition of all or any portion of a sentence of total confinement.  If the offender fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the sentencing alternative, the court may impose sanctions under RCW 9.94A.200 or the court may revoke the suspended sentence and order execution of the sentence of total confinement.  All confinement time served before or during the sentencing alternative shall be credited to the offender if the suspended sentence is revoked.

 

    Sec. 5.  RCW 9.94A.127 and 1990 c 3 s 601 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The prosecuting attorney shall file a special allegation of sexual motivation in every criminal case other than sex offenses as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(((29))) (36) (a) or (c) when sufficient admissible evidence exists, which, when considered with the most plausible, reasonably foreseeable defense that could be raised under the evidence, would justify a finding of sexual motivation by a reasonable and objective fact-finder.

    (2) In a criminal case wherein there has been a special allegation the state shall prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused committed the crime with a sexual motivation.  The court shall make a finding of fact of whether or not a sexual motivation was present at the time of the commission of the crime, or if a jury trial is had, the jury shall, if it finds the defendant guilty, also find a special verdict as to whether or not the defendant committed the crime with a sexual motivation.  This finding shall not be applied to sex offenses as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(((29))) (36) (a) or (c).

    (3) The prosecuting attorney shall not withdraw the special allegation of sexual motivation without approval of the court through an order of dismissal of the special allegation.  The court shall not dismiss this special allegation unless it finds that such an order is necessary to correct an error in the initial charging decision or unless there are evidentiary problems which make proving the special allegation doubtful.

 

    Sec. 6.  RCW 9.94A.180 and 1991 c 181 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) An offender sentenced to a term of partial confinement shall be confined in the facility for at least eight hours per day or, if serving a work crew sentence shall comply with the conditions of that sentence as set forth in RCW 9.94A.030(((23))) (28) and 9.94A.135.  The offender shall be required as a condition of partial confinement to report to the facility at designated times.  An offender may be required to comply with crime-related prohibitions during the period of partial confinement.

    (2) An offender in a county jail ordered to serve all or part of a term of less than one year in work release, work crew, or a program of home detention who violates the rules of the work release facility, work crew, or program of home detention or fails to remain employed or enrolled in school may be transferred to the appropriate county detention facility without further court order but shall, upon request, be notified of the right to request an administrative hearing on the issue of whether or not the offender failed to comply with the order and relevant conditions.  Pending such hearing, or in the absence of a request for the hearing, the offender shall serve the remainder of the term of confinement as total confinement.  This subsection shall not affect transfer or placement of offenders committed to the state department of corrections.

 

    Sec. 7.  RCW 13.40.135 and 1990 c 3 s 604 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The prosecuting attorney shall file a special allegation of sexual motivation in every juvenile offense other than sex offenses as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(((29))) (36) (a) or (c) when sufficient admissible evidence exists, which, when considered with the most plausible, reasonably consistent defense that could be raised under the evidence, would justify a finding of sexual motivation by a reasonable and objective fact-finder.

    (2) In a juvenile case wherein there has been a special allegation the state shall prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the juvenile committed the offense with a sexual motivation.  The court shall make a finding of fact of whether or not the sexual motivation was present at the time of the commission of the offense.  This finding shall not be applied to sex offenses as defined in RCW 9.94A.030(((29))) (36) (a) or (c).

    (3) The prosecuting attorney shall not withdraw the special allegation of "sexual motivation" without approval of the court through an order of dismissal.  The court shall not dismiss the special allegation unless it finds that such an order is necessary to correct an error in the initial charging decision or unless there are evidentiary problems which make proving the special allegation doubtful.

 

    Sec. 8.  RCW 43.43.754 and 1994 c 271 s 402 are each amended to read as follows:

    Every adult or juvenile individual convicted of a felony or adjudicated guilty of an equivalent juvenile offense defined as a sex offense under RCW 9.94A.030(((31))) (36)(a) or a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030 shall have a blood sample drawn for purposes of DNA identification analysis.  For persons convicted of such offenses or adjudicated guilty of an equivalent juvenile offense who are serving a term of confinement in a county jail or detention facility, the county shall be responsible for obtaining blood samples prior to release from the county jail or detention facility.  For persons convicted of such offenses or adjudicated guilty of an equivalent juvenile offense, who are serving a term of confinement in a department of corrections facility or a division of juvenile rehabilitation facility, the facility holding the person shall be responsible for obtaining blood samples prior to release from such facility.  Any blood sample taken pursuant to RCW 43.43.752 through 43.43.758 shall be used solely for the purpose of providing DNA or other blood grouping tests for identification analysis and prosecution of a sex offense or a violent offense.

    This section applies to all adults who are convicted after July 1, 1990.  This section applies to all juveniles who are adjudicated guilty after July 1, 1994.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 9.  Chapter . . ., Laws of 1997 (this act) may be known as the community justice act.

 


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