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HOUSE
BILL 1388
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Passed
Legislature - 1997 Regular Session
AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
State of Washington 55th
Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/24/97.
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.
Requiring that
private organizations that contract with the department to operate work release
facilities go through the siting process.
AN
ACT Relating to siting of work release programs; and amending RCW 72.65.220.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
72.65.220 and 1994 c 271 s 1001 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
The department or a private or public entity under contract with the
department may establish or relocate for the operation of a work release or
other community-based facility only after public notifications and local public
meetings have been completed consistent with this section.
(2)
The department and other state agencies ((that have responsibility)) responsible
for siting ((the department's)) department-owned, operated, or
contracted facilities shall establish a process for early and continuous
public participation in establishing or relocating work release or other
community-based facilities. This process shall include public meetings in the
local communities affected, opportunities for written and oral comments, and
wide dissemination of proposals and alternatives((.
(2)
The department may establish or relocate a work release or other
community-based facility only after holding local public meetings and providing
public notification to local communities consistent with this chapter.
(3))),
including at least the following:
(a)
When the department or a private or public entity under contract with the
department has selected three or fewer sites for final consideration ((for
site selection)) of a department-owned, operated, or contracted work
release or other community-based facility, the department or contracting
organization shall make public notification ((shall be given)) and conduct
public hearings ((shall be held)) in the ((final three or fewer))
local communities ((where the siting is proposed)) of the final three
or fewer proposed sites. ((Additional notification and a)) An
additional public hearing after public notification shall also be
conducted in the local community selected as the final proposed site((,
prior to completion of the siting process. All hearings and notifications
shall be consistent with this chapter)).
(((4)
Throughout this process the department shall provide notification to)) (b)
Notifications required under this section shall be provided to the following:
(i)
All newspapers of general circulation in the local area and all local radio
stations, television stations, and cable networks((.));
(((5)
Notice shall also be provided to)) (ii) Appropriate school
districts, private schools, kindergartens, city and county libraries, and all
other local government offices within a one-half mile radius of the proposed ((facility.))
site or sites;
(((6)
In addition, the department shall also provide notice to)) (iii) The
local chamber of commerce, local economic development agencies, and any other
local organizations that request such notification from the department((.));
and
(((7)
Notification in writing shall be provided to)) (iv) In writing to
all residents and/or property owners within a one-half mile radius of the
proposed site or sites.
(3) When the department contracts for the operation of a work
release or other community-based facility that is not owned or operated by the
department, the department shall require as part of its contract that the
contracting entity comply with all the public notification and public hearing
requirements as provided in this section for each located and relocated work
release or other community-based facility.
