SB 5270-S.E - DIGEST

(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 2/10/04)

Declares that it is necessary to: (1) Provide the policy and organizational structure for large-scale mobilization of law enforcement resources in the state through creation of the Washington state law enforcement mobilization plan;

(2) Confer upon the chief of the Washington state patrol the powers provided in this act;

(3) Provide a means for reimbursement to law enforcement jurisdictions that incur expenses when mobilized by the chief under the Washington state law enforcement mobilization plan; and

(4) Provide for reimbursement of the host law enforcement agency when it has: (a) Exhausted all of its resources; and (b) Invoked its local mutual aid network and exhausted those resources.