BILL REQ. #:  H-0653.1 

Read first time 01/24/2003.   Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to protecting public safety; and amending RCW 9.94A.631.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9.94A.631 and 1984 c 209 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
     If an offender violates any condition or requirement of a sentence, a community corrections officer or law enforcement officer may arrest or cause the arrest of the offender without a warrant, pending a determination by the court. If there is reasonable cause to believe that an offender has violated a condition or requirement of the sentence, a community corrections officer or law enforcement officer may require an offender ((may be required)) to submit to a search and seizure of the offender's person, residence, automobile, or other personal property. A community corrections officer or law enforcement officer may also arrest an offender for any crime committed in his or her presence. The facts and circumstances of the conduct of the offender shall be reported by the assigned community corrections officer, with recommendations, to the court.
     If a community corrections officer or law enforcement officer arrests or causes the arrest of an offender under this section, the offender shall be confined and detained in the county jail of the county in which the offender was taken into custody, and the sheriff of that county shall receive and keep in the county jail, where room is available, all prisoners delivered to the jail by the community corrections officer, and such offenders shall not be released from custody on bail or personal recognizance, except upon approval of the court, pursuant to a written order.