BILL REQ. #:  Z-0932.1 

Read first time 01/13/10.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to membership and rules of procedure for the criminal justice training commission and related boards; and amending RCW 43.101.060 and 43.101.315.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.101.060 and 1999 c 97 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The commission shall elect a chair and a vice-chair from among its members. ((Seven)) A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. The governor shall summon the commission to its first meeting.
     Meetings may be called by the chair and shall be called by him or her upon the written request of ((six)) one-third of the members.

Sec. 2   RCW 43.101.315 and 1997 c 351 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The board on law enforcement training standards and education consists of thirteen members, appointed by the executive director and subject to approval by the commission. Members must be selected as follows: (a) Three must represent county law enforcement agencies, at least two of whom must be incumbent sheriffs; (b) three must represent city police agencies, at least two of whom must be incumbent police chiefs, one of whom shall be from a city under five thousand; (c) one must represent community colleges; (d) one must represent the four-year colleges and universities; (e) four must represent the council of police officers, two of whom must be training officers; and (f) one must represent tribal law enforcement in Washington. The six officers under (a) and (b) of this subsection may be appointed by the executive director only after the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs provides the director with the names of qualified officers. The four officers under (e) of this subsection may be appointed by the executive director only after the council of police officers provides the director with the names of qualified officers.
     (2) The board on correctional training standards and education consists of ((fourteen)) eleven members, appointed by the executive director and subject to approval by the commission. Members must be selected as follows: (a) ((Three must be employed in the state correctional system; (b))) Three must be employed in county or city correctional systems; (((c))) (b) two must be employed in juvenile corrections or probation, one ((at the local level)) by the state and ((the other at the state level)) one by a county or city; (((d))) (c) two must be employed in community corrections; (((e))) (d) one must represent community colleges; (((f))) (e) one must represent four-year colleges and universities; and (((g))) (f) two must be additional persons with experience and interest in correctional training standards and education. At least ((one)) two of the members appointed under (a) of this subsection ((and at least one of the members appointed under (b) of this subsection)) must be currently employed as front line correctional officers.