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                                          ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 6114

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                                                    Passed Legislature - 1990 E1 - Governor Vetoed

State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senator McDonald

Read first time 4/6/89 and referred to Committee on  Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to corrections; adding a new chapter to Title 72 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature recognizes that unique impacts may be felt by some communities as a result of families relocating to be near incarcerated offenders and that the state has an obligation to mitigate inordinate impacts by payment of mitigation funds to local governments.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Subject to appropriation, the department of corrections shall provide mitigating funds to counties where state correctional institutions are located.  The department shall provide mitigation funds based on the number of families of inmates living in close proximity to the correctional institution.  An amount of two thousand five hundred dollars per inmate family per year shall be paid to the counties in which the correctional institution is located.  The county, in its discretion, may share the funds with cities or towns in which the correctional institution is located.  The procedure for applying for such compensation, the time frames, and method of payment shall be established by the office of financial management by July 1, 1991.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     This act shall take effect July 1, 1991.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall constitute a new chapter in Title 72 RCW.