BILL REQ. #:  H-3668.4 

Prefiled 12/07/09. Read first time 01/11/10.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

     AN ACT Relating to escape or disappearance notification requirements; and amending RCW 10.77.165.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 10.77.165 and 1993 c 31 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In the event of an escape by a person committed under this chapter from a state ((institution)) facility or the disappearance of such a person on conditional release ((to the department of social and health services, the superintendent, or in the event of a disappearance of such a person on conditional release to the department of corrections, the community corrections officer)) or other authorized absence, the superintendent shall((, as appropriate,)) notify the following persons or entities about information necessary for the public safety or to assist in the apprehension of the person:
     (a) State and local law enforcement officers((,)) located in the city and county where the person escaped;
     (b) The victim of the crime for which the person was convicted or the victim's next of kin if the crime was a homicide;
     (c) Any witnesses who testified against the person in any court proceedings if the person was charged with a violent offense;
     (d) Other appropriate governmental agencies((,));
     (e) The person's relatives((,)); and
     (f) Any other appropriate persons ((about information necessary for the public safety or to assist in the apprehension of the person)).
     (2) The notice provisions of this section are in addition to those provided in RCW 10.77.205.