BILL REQ. #:  S-4474.2 

Read first time 01/25/2006.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to community protection zones; and adding a new section to chapter 9.94A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 9.94A RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A county may establish a community protection zone, as defined under RCW 9.94A.030 for an offender convicted of a sex offense.
     (2) A county may enact a rule or ordinance prohibiting an offender convicted of a sex offense from residing near a public or private school, playground, public swimming pool, day care center, organized campground, community center, and any other facility whose primary purpose is the education or care of persons under eighteen years of age.
     (3) Any county may enact such a rule or ordinance, or may designate specific areas where an offender convicted of a sex offense may reside.