BILL REQ. #: H-4877.1
State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2006 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/08/06.
AN ACT Relating to increasing the penalty for violating the registration statute by imposing a term of mandatory community custody upon the first offense and assigning the second offense a seriousness level; amending RCW 9.94A.545 and 9.94A.715; reenacting and amending RCW 9.94A.515; prescribing penalties; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 9.94A.515 and 2005 c 458 s 2 and 2005 c 183 s 9 are
each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
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CRIMES INCLUDED WITHIN EACH SERIOUSNESS LEVEL | ||
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Escape 2 (RCW 9A.76.120) | ||
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Sec. 2 RCW 9.94A.545 and 2003 c 379 s 8 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Except as provided in RCW 9.94A.650 and in subsection (2) of
this section, on all sentences of confinement for one year or less, in
which the offender is convicted of a sex offense, a violent offense, a
crime against a person under RCW 9.94A.411, or felony violation of
chapter 69.50 or 69.52 RCW or an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation
to commit such a crime, the court may impose up to one year of
community custody, subject to conditions and sanctions as authorized in
RCW 9.94A.715 and 9.94A.720. An offender shall be on community custody
as of the date of sentencing. However, during the time for which the
offender is in total or partial confinement pursuant to the sentence or
a violation of the sentence, the period of community custody shall
toll.
(2) If the sex offense is failure to register as a sex offender
under RCW 9A.44.130(10)(a), the court shall impose a term of community
custody under RCW 9.94A.715.
Sec. 3 RCW 9.94A.715 and 2003 c 379 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) When a court sentences a person to the custody of the
department for a sex offense not sentenced under RCW 9.94A.712, a
violent offense, any crime against persons under RCW 9.94A.411(2), or
a felony offense under chapter 69.50 or 69.52 RCW, committed on or
after July 1, 2000, or when a court sentences a person to a term of
confinement of a year or less for a violation of RCW 9A.44.130(10)(a)
committed on or after the effective date of this act, the court shall
in addition to the other terms of the sentence, sentence the offender
to community custody for the community custody range established under
RCW 9.94A.850 or up to the period of earned release awarded pursuant to
RCW 9.94A.728 (1) and (2), whichever is longer. The community custody
shall begin: (a) Upon completion of the term of confinement; (b) at
such time as the offender is transferred to community custody in lieu
of earned release in accordance with RCW 9.94A.728 (1) and (2); or (c)
with regard to offenders sentenced under RCW 9.94A.660, upon failure to
complete or administrative termination from the special drug offender
sentencing alternative program. Except as provided in RCW 9.94A.501,
the department shall supervise any sentence of community custody
imposed under this section.
(2)(a) Unless a condition is waived by the court, the conditions of
community custody shall include those provided for in RCW 9.94A.700(4).
The conditions may also include those provided for in RCW 9.94A.700(5).
The court may also order the offender to participate in rehabilitative
programs or otherwise perform affirmative conduct reasonably related to
the circumstances of the offense, the offender's risk of reoffending,
or the safety of the community, and the department shall enforce such
conditions pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.
(b) As part of any sentence that includes a term of community
custody imposed under this subsection, the court shall also require the
offender to comply with any conditions imposed by the department under
RCW 9.94A.720. The department shall assess the offender's risk of
reoffense and may establish and modify additional conditions of the
offender's community custody based upon the risk to community safety.
In addition, the department may require the offender to participate in
rehabilitative programs, or otherwise perform affirmative conduct, and
to obey all laws.
(c) The department may not impose conditions that are contrary to
those ordered by the court and may not contravene or decrease court
imposed conditions. The department shall notify the offender in
writing of any such conditions or modifications. In setting,
modifying, and enforcing conditions of community custody, the
department shall be deemed to be performing a quasi-judicial function.
(3) If an offender violates conditions imposed by the court or the
department pursuant to this section during community custody, the
department may transfer the offender to a more restrictive confinement
status and impose other available sanctions as provided in RCW
9.94A.737 and 9.94A.740.
(4) Except for terms of community custody under RCW 9.94A.670, the
department shall discharge the offender from community custody on a
date determined by the department, which the department may modify,
based on risk and performance of the offender, within the range or at
the end of the period of earned release, whichever is later.
(5) At any time prior to the completion or termination of a sex
offender's term of community custody, if the court finds that public
safety would be enhanced, the court may impose and enforce an order
extending any or all of the conditions imposed pursuant to this section
for a period up to the maximum allowable sentence for the crime as it
is classified in chapter 9A.20 RCW, regardless of the expiration of the
offender's term of community custody. If a violation of a condition
extended under this subsection occurs after the expiration of the
offender's term of community custody, it shall be deemed a violation of
the sentence for the purposes of RCW 9.94A.631 and may be punishable as
contempt of court as provided for in RCW 7.21.040. If the court
extends a condition beyond the expiration of the term of community
custody, the department is not responsible for supervision of the
offender's compliance with the condition.
(6) Within the funds available for community custody, the
department shall determine conditions and duration of community custody
on the basis of risk to community safety, and shall supervise offenders
during community custody on the basis of risk to community safety and
conditions imposed by the court. The secretary shall adopt rules to
implement the provisions of this subsection.
(7) By the close of the next business day after receiving notice of
a condition imposed or modified by the department, an offender may
request an administrative review under rules adopted by the department.
The condition shall remain in effect unless the reviewing officer finds
that it is not reasonably related to any of the following: (a) The
crime of conviction; (b) the offender's risk of reoffending; or (c) the
safety of the community.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 This act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the
state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
immediately.