H-4845              _______________________________________________

                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1419

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                                                                            C 152 L 88

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Padden, Locke and P. King; by request of Office of Financial Management)

Read first time 2/5/88.

AN ACT Relating to criminal justice information; amending RCW 10.98.130; and declaring an emergency.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 13, chapter 17, Laws of 1984 as amended by section 3, chapter 462, Laws of 1987 and RCW 10.98.130 are each amended to read as follows:

          Local jails shall report to the office of financial management and that office shall transmit to the department the information on all persons convicted of felonies or incarcerated for noncompliance with a felony sentence who are admitted or released from the jails and shall promptly respond to requests of the department for such data.  Information transmitted shall include but not be limited to the state identification number, whether the reason for admission to jail was a felony conviction or noncompliance with a felony sentence, and the dates of the admission and release.

The office of financial management may contract with a state or local governmental agency, or combination thereof, or a private organization for the information collection and transmittal under this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.                             This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately. Passed the House February 15, 1988.

Speaker of the House.

Passed the Senate March 5, 1988.

President of the Senate.