6244-S.E AMH **** HAYW 1

ESSB 6244 - H AMDS TO H COMM AMD (H4310.3)1193 ADOPTED 2/25/94

By Representative Silver

     On page 34, after line 23, insert the following:

"(c) The division of juvenile rehabilitation shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994, on proposals to construct and operate juvenile facilities in this state at a cost of no more than the national average.  The division shall identify statutory, policy, and personnel decisions that have caused this state to have higher construction and operating costs than the national average."

     On page 65, after line 17, insert the following:

"(d) The department shall submit a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by December 1, 1994, on proposals to construct and operate adult correctional facilities in this state at a cost of no more than the national average.  The department shall identify statutory, policy, and personnel decisions that have caused this state to have higher construction and operating costs than the national average."

EFFECT:  Would require the Division of Juvenile Rehabilitation in DSHS, and the Department of Corrections, to identify the reasons Washington's costs of construction and operation exceed the national average, and to propose new methods of operating which would reduce our costs to no more than the national average.

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