1753 AMH RILE KAWA 1

HB 1753 - H AMD

By Representative Riley

     On page 2, after line 25, strike all material through line 35 on page 3 and insert:

     "(7) Juvenile offenders who have committed sex offenses are not eligible for structured transition services and supervision.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 13.40 RCW to read as follows:

     In addition to the circumstances where a juvenile may be taken into custody under RCW 13.40.040(1), a juvenile may be taken into custody, without court order, where the secretary or the secretary's designee has suspended the juvenile's parole or terminated the juvenile offender's involvement in the structured transition program.  The provisions of RCW 13.40.040(2),(3) and (4) apply to juveniles that are subject to this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The department of general administration, in conjunction with the division of juvenile rehabilitation and other state agencies, shall evaluate and make recommendations on structured transition services and their impact on the use of the juvenile institutions.  The recommendations shall be submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994. 

New Section. Sec. 4. This act shall expire on June 30, 1995."

EFFECT:  Limits the structured transition program to a two year period and excludes juvenile offenders who have committed sex offenses from participating in transition services.  Also directs general administration and the division of juvenile rehabilitation to make recommendations on transition services and their impact on the juvenile institutions to the legislature on December 1, 1994.