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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1419

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Armstrong, Padden, Locke and P. King; by request of Office of Financial Management

Read first time 1/15/88 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

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, 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.