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                                                     SENATE BILL 5452

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senators Hargrove, Deccio, Oke and Hochstatter

Read first time 01/29/93.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Requiring misdemeanants to pay jail costs.

          AN ACT Relating to payment for costs of incarceration; and adding a new section to chapter 10.64 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 10.64 RCW to read as follows:

          If the court determines that a defendant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor has the means to pay for the cost of incarceration, the court may require the defendant to pay for the cost of incarceration at a rate of fifty dollars per day of incarceration.  All funds received from defendants for the cost of incarceration in the county jail shall be remitted to the county.

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