BILL REQ. #: S-0347.1
| State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2003 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/21/2003. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to jail booking fees; and amending RCW 70.48.390.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.48.390 and 1999 c 325 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
A governing unit may require that each person who is booked at a
city, county, or regional jail pay a fee ((of ten dollars)) based on
the jail's actual booking costs to the sheriff's department of the
county or police chief of the city in which the jail is located. The
fee is payable immediately from any money then possessed by the person
being booked, or any money deposited with the sheriff's department or
city jail administration on the person's behalf. If the person has no
funds at the time of booking or during the period of incarceration, the
sheriff or police chief may notify the court in the county or city
where the charges related to the booking are pending, and may request
the assessment of the fee. Unless the person is held on other criminal
matters, if the person is not charged, is acquitted, or if all charges
are dismissed, the sheriff or police chief shall return the fee to the
person at the last known address listed in the booking records.