CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5283

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 12, 1997   YEAS 46   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 11, 1997   YEAS 93   NAYS 3

CERTIFICATE I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5283 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 5283

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Hargrove and Long

Read first time 01/22/97.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Clarifying deductions from offender funds other than wages and gratuities.

    AN ACT Relating to clarifying deductions from offender funds other than wages and gratuities; and amending RCW 72.09.480.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 72.09.480 and 1995 1st sp.s. c 19 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply to this section.

(a) "Cost of incarceration" means the cost of providing an inmate with shelter, food, clothing, transportation, supervision, and other services and supplies as may be necessary for the maintenance and support of the inmate while in the custody of the department, based on the average per inmate costs established by the department and the office of financial management.

(b) "Minimum term of confinement" means the minimum amount of time an inmate will be confined in the custody of the department, considering the sentence imposed and adjusted for the total potential earned early release time available to the inmate.

(2) When an inmate receives any funds in addition to his or her wages or gratuities, the additional funds shall be subject to the deductions in RCW 72.09.111(1)(a) and the priorities established in chapter 72.11 RCW.

(3) The amount deducted from an inmate's funds under subsection (2) of this section shall not exceed the department's total cost of incarceration for the inmate incurred during the inmate's minimum or actual term of confinement, whichever is longer.

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