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                         SENATE BILL 5015

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Morton, McCaslin and Gardner

Read first time 01/08/2001.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Modifying the definition of border area.

    AN ACT Relating to the definition of border area; and amending RCW 66.08.195.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 66.08.195 and 1995 c 159 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    For the purposes of this chapter:

    (1) "Border area" means any incorporated city or town located within seven miles of the Washington-Canadian border or any unincorporated area that is a point of land surrounded on three sides by saltwater and adjacent to the Canadian border, or any area designated by the state patrol as such due to its usage in border-related crime.

    (2) "Border area per-capita law-enforcement spending" equals total per capita expenditures in a border area on:  Law enforcement operating costs, court costs, law enforcement-related insurance, and detention expenses, minus funds allocated to a border area under RCW 66.08.190 and 66.08.196.

    (3) "Border-crossing traffic total" means the number of vehicles, vessels, and aircraft crossing into the United States through a United States customs service border crossing that enter into the border area during a federal fiscal year, using border crossing statistics and criteria included in guidelines adopted by the department of community, trade, and economic development.

    (4) "Border-related crime statistic" means the sum of infractions and citations issued, and arrests of persons permanently residing outside Washington state in a border area during a calendar year.

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