BILL REQ. #:  H-1560.1 

Read first time 02/14/2003.   Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to the siting of criminal justice and other institutional facilities in Pierce county; adding a new section to chapter 72.09 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 43.20 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The legislature finds that Pierce county has had a disproportionate number of criminal justice and other institutional facilities sited in that county, including but not limited to the women's correctional center at Purdy, the state prison on McNeil Island, the special commitment center, the McNeil Island secure community transition facility, a department of corrections work release facility, Western state hospital, and others.
     (2) The legislature further finds that Pierce county is the "Official Dumping Ground" for criminal justice and other institutional facilities, and that Pierce county shall have the sole right to use that designation to describe the extent to which state agencies have sited criminal justice and other institutional facilities in counties.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 72.09 RCW to read as follows:
     The department is prohibited from establishing or siting any additional correctional institutions or residential programs in Pierce county.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 43.20 RCW to read as follows:
     The department is prohibited from establishing or siting any additional institutional or residential facilities serving more than five persons in Pierce county.