1252-S2 AMH BALS QUIN 19

2SHB 1252 - H AMD 0080 ADOPTED 3/16/99

By Representative Ballasiotes

     On page 39, line 1, after Arelease.@ strike all material through line 11 and insert the following:

A(4) The department, in consultation with the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs and those counties in which the sheriff does not operate a correctional facility, shall establish a methodology for determining the department=s local correctional facilities bed utilization rate, for each county in calendar year 1998,  for offenders being held for violations of community custody, community placement, and community supervision.  For confinement sanctions imposed under RCW 9.94A.205(2)(c), the local correctional facility shall continue to be financially responsible to the extent of the 1998 bed utilization rate.  If the department=s use of bed space in local correctional facilities of any county for confinement sanctions imposed on offenders sentenced to a term of community custody under RCW 9.94A.120(7) or (11) or 9.94A 383 exceeds the 1998 bed utilization rate for the county, the department shall compensate the county for the excess use at a per diem rate equal to the lowest rate charged by the county under its contract with a municipal government during the year in which the use occurs.@

EFFECT: In addition to consulting with the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs when determining local correctional facilities bed utilization rates, the Department of Corrections (DOC) also must consult with those counties in which the sheriff does not operate a correctional facility.  Requires that calendar year 1998 be used as the baseline for determining the existing bed  utilization rate and requires the DOC to compensate the counties for use in excess of this amount at the lowest per diem rate the county charges municipalities.