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HOUSE BILL 1063

 

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Ballasiotes, O'Brien, Lovick, Haigh and Benson

 

Read first time 01/15/2001.  Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

_1      AN ACT Relating to adding a victim notification system to the

_2  state jail booking and reporting system; amending RCW 36.28A.040;

_3  and adding a new section to chapter 36.28A RCW.

     

_4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     

_5      NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 36.28A

_6  RCW to read as follows:

_7      (1) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs

_8  shall integrate a victim notification system into its electronic

_9  statewide city and county jail booking and reporting system

10  described in RCW 36.28A.040.

11      (2) At a minimum, the victim notification system shall provide

12  to victims of crime who have made a notification request,

13  notification of the release or transfer of an incarcerated person

14  from a local jail, juvenile detention facility, or release from a

15  partial confinement program operated by a city or county.

     

16      Sec. 2.  RCW 36.28A.040 and 2000 c 3 s 1 are each amended to read

17  as follows:

 

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_1      (1) No later than December 31, 2001, the Washington association

_2  of sheriffs and police chiefs shall implement and operate an

_3  electronic statewide city and county jail booking and reporting

_4  system.  The system shall serve as a central repository and instant

_5  information source for offender information and jail statistical

_6  data.  The system shall be placed on the Washington state justice

_7  information network and be capable of communicating electronically

_8  with every Washington state city and county jail and with all

_9  other Washington state criminal justice agencies as defined in RCW

10  10.97.030.

11      (2) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police

12  chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as

13  described in subsection (1) of this section, if a city or county

14  jail or law enforcement agency receives state or federal funding

15  to cover the entire cost of implementing or reconfiguring an

16  electronic jail booking system, the city or county jail or law

17  enforcement agency shall implement or reconfigure an electronic

18  jail booking system that is in compliance with the jail booking

19  system standards developed pursuant to subsection (4) of this

20  section.

21      (3) After the Washington association of sheriffs and police

22  chiefs has implemented an electronic jail booking system as

23  described in subsection (1) of this section, city or county jails,

24  or law enforcement agencies that operate electronic jail booking

25  systems, but choose not to accept state or federal money to

26  implement or reconfigure electronic jail booking systems, shall

27  electronically forward jail booking information to the Washington

28  association of sheriffs and police chiefs.  At a minimum the

29  information forwarded shall include the name of the offender,

30  vital statistics, the date the offender was arrested, the offenses

31  arrested for, the date and time an offender is released or

32  transferred from a city or county jail, a city or county juvenile

33  detention facility, or a partial confinement program that is

34  operated by a city or county, and if available, the mug shot.  The

35  electronic format in which the information is sent shall be at the

36  discretion of the city or county jail, or law enforcement agency

37  forwarding the information.  City and county jails or law

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_1  enforcement agencies that forward jail booking information under

_2  this subsection are not required to comply with the standards

_3  developed under subsection (4)(b) of this section.

_4      (4) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs

_5  shall appoint, convene, and manage a statewide jail booking and

_6  reporting system standards committee.  The committee shall include

_7  representatives from the Washington association of sheriffs and

_8  police chiefs correction committee, the information service

_9  board's justice information committee, the judicial information

10  system, at least two individuals who serve as jailers in a city or

11  county jail, and other individuals that the Washington association

12  of sheriffs and police chiefs places on the committee.  The

13  committee shall have the authority to:

14      (a) Develop and amend as needed standards for the statewide

15  jail booking and reporting system and for the information that

16  must be contained within the system.  At a minimum, the system shall

17  contain:

18      (i) The offenses the individual has been charged with;

19      (ii) Descriptive and personal information about each offender

20  booked into a city or county jail.  At a minimum, this information

21  shall contain the offender's name, vital statistics, address, and

22  mugshot;

23      (iii) Information about the offender while in jail, which could

24  be used to protect criminal justice officials that have future

25  contact with the offender, such as medical conditions, acts of

26  violence, and other behavior problems;

27      (iv) Statistical data indicating the current capacity of each

28  jail and the quantity and category of offenses charged; ((and))

29      (v) The ability to communicate directly and immediately with

30  the city and county jails and other criminal justice entities; and

31      (vi) The date and time that an offender was released or

32  transferred from a local jail, juvenile detention facility, or

33  released from a partial confinement program operated by a city or

34  county;

35      (b) Develop and amend as needed operational standards for city

36  and county jail booking systems, which at a minimum shall include

37  the type of information collected and transmitted, and the

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_1  technical requirements needed for the city and county jail booking

_2  system to communicate with the statewide jail booking and

_3  reporting system;

_4      (c) Develop and amend as needed standards for allocating grants

_5  to city and county jails or law enforcement agencies that will be

_6  implementing or reconfiguring electronic jail booking systems.

_7      (5) By January 1, 2001, the standards committee shall complete

_8  the initial standards described in subsection (4) of this section,

_9  and the standards shall be placed into a report and provided to

10  all Washington state city and county jails, all other criminal

11  justice agencies as defined in RCW 10.97.030, the chair of the

12  Washington state senate human services and corrections committee,

13  and the chair of the Washington state house of representatives

14  criminal justice and corrections committee.

 

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