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HOUSE BILL 1359
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Lambert, Linville, Ballasiotes, Dunshee, Carrell, Barlean, McDonald, Pennington, Esser, Kastama, Fortunato and Thomas
Read first time 01/22/1999. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to the monitoring of supervised offenders under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections; adding a new section to chapter 43.10 RCW; and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.10 RCW to read as follows:
The legislature finds that increased communication between local law enforcement officers and the state department of corrections' community corrections officers improves public safety. Improved public safety is accomplished through shared monitoring and supervision of offenders who live in the community under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections. Participating local law enforcement agencies and local offices of the state department of corrections have implemented in some areas of the state the supervision management and recidivist tracking program, whereby the entities provide mutual assistance with supervising offenders living within the boundaries of local law enforcement agencies. Through shared information and coordinated supervision, the supervision management and recidivist tracking program has helped local law enforcement solve crimes faster, or has prevented future criminal activity, by reporting offenders' sentence violations to state community corrections officers in a more timely manner. Information collected in the field by local law enforcement related to serious offenders under the jurisdiction of the state department of corrections is electronically transferred to the office of the attorney general's homicide investigative tracking system. Field information entered into the system is electronically transferred to the department of corrections' community corrections officer responsible for the offender and remains in the homicide investigative tracking system, where it is accessible to the department of corrections and law enforcement throughout the state. Expansion of the supervision management and recidivist tracking program state-wide is needed to improve public safety for all law-abiding citizens in the state.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The sum of four hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, and the sum of four hundred thousand dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, or as much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the general fund to the office of the attorney general. The amounts in this section are provided solely for completing the state-wide implementation of the supervision management and recidivist tracking program.
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