6151-S AMS KAST FD 030

SSB 6151 - S AMD TO S AMD (S-2682.1/01) AMD 310

    By Senators Kastama, Regala, Eide, and Franklin

                                                  ADOPTED 04/12/01

    On page 8, after line 14, insert the following:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 207.  A new section is added to chapter 71.09 RCW to read as follows:

    To the greatest extent possible, persons who were not residents of  the county in which both the special commitment center and a step-down facility are located prior to the conviction for which they were incarcerated at the time of the petition for civil commitment was filed may not be released to that county.

    Renumber the sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

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EFFECT: To the greatest extent possible, limits the number of persons being released from the step-down facility to Pierce county placements to those persons formerly resident in Pierce county.