SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 5624

               As Passed Senate, March 13, 1999

Title:  An act relating to assessments for the prostitution prevention and intervention account.

Brief Description:  Imposing an additional assessment for persons entering diversion agreements in regard to prostitution offenses.

Sponsors:  Senators Kohl‑Welles, Hargrove and Long.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Human Services & Corrections:  2/16/99, 2/19/99 [DP].

Passed Senate, 3/13/99, 43-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & CORRECTIONS

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Hargrove, Chair; Costa, Vice Chair; Franklin, Kohl-Welles, Long, Patterson, Zarelli.

Staff:  Lynn Hale (786-7430)

Background:  Concern exists that under current law adults and minors who enter into diversion agreements for offenses relating to prostitution are not subject to the additional fee assessment.

Summary of Bill:  Adults and minors who enter into a diversion agreement for an offense related to patronizing a juvenile prostitute are subject to a $250 fee.

Adults and minors who enter into a diversion agreement for an offense related to indecent exposure, prostitution, or permitting prostitution are subject to a $50 fee.

Adults and minors who enter into a diversion agreement for an offense related to patronizing a prostitute are subject to a $150 fee.

A diversion agreement is a written agreement between a person accused of a crime and a court, diversionary unit, prosecutor, or a designee, whereby the person agrees to fulfill certain conditions in lieu of prosecution.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Requested on February 4, 1999.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.