BILL REQ. #:  S-4575.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/10.   

     AN ACT Relating to including persons acquitted by reason of insanity within the slayer statute; and amending RCW 11.84.010.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 11.84.010 and 2009 c 525 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     As used in this chapter:
     (1) "Abuser" means any person who participates, either as a principal or an accessory before the fact, in the willful and unlawful financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
     (2) "Decedent" means:
     (a) Any person whose life is taken by a slayer; or
     (b) Any deceased person who, at any time during life in which he or she was a vulnerable adult, was the victim of financial exploitation by an abuser.
     (3) "Financial exploitation" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 74.34.020, as enacted or hereafter amended.
     (4) "Property" includes any real and personal property and any right or interest therein.
     (5) "Slayer" means any person who participates, either as a principal or an accessory before the fact, in the willful and unlawful killing of any other person, even if found not guilty by reason of insanity for such killing.
     (6) "Vulnerable adult" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 74.34.020.