BILL REQ. #:  H-1247.1 

Read first time 02/04/2005.   Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to the transfer of adult offenders through the interstate compact; and amending RCW 9.94A.74502.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9.94A.74502 and 2001 c 35 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The secretary of corrections, or an employee of the department designated by the secretary, shall serve as the compact administrator under article IV of RCW 9.94A.745, the interstate compact for adult offender supervision. The legislature intends that the compact administrator, representing the state on the interstate commission created under article III of RCW 9.94A.745, will take an active role to assure that the interstate compact operates to protect the safety of the people and communities of the state.
     (2) The compact administrator shall:
     (a) Upon the approval of a petition from a compacting state to transfer an adult offender to Washington, notify the local law enforcement agency of the county where the offender intends to reside; and
     (b) Deny any petition for the transfer of an adult offender to Washington from a compacting state if: (i) The county where the offender intends to reside has already exceeded its fair share of such offenders in the prior twenty-four months; (ii) the total number of adult offenders transferring into the state that have been convicted of an offense considered a most serious offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, whether in this state or elsewhere, exceeds the number it has transferred to other states; or (iii) the total number of adult offenders Washington has accepted supervision of exceeds the total number it has transferred to other states.