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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6397

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Hargrove, Long, Swecker, Winsley and Costa; by request of Governor Locke)

Read first time 02/04/2000.

Changing provisions relating to partial confinement in sentences of one year or less.

    AN ACT Relating to partial confinement in sentences of one year or less; amending RCW 9.94A.380; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 9.94A.380 and 1999 c 197 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    Alternatives to total confinement are available for offenders with sentences of one year or less.  These alternatives include the following sentence conditions that the court may order as substitutes for total confinement:

    (1) At least one day, but up to two days of partial confinement may be substituted for one day of total confinement;

    (2) In addition, for offenders convicted of nonviolent offenses only, eight hours of community service may be substituted for one day of total confinement, with a maximum conversion limit of two hundred forty hours or thirty days.  Community service hours must be completed within the period of community supervision or a time period specified by the court, which shall not exceed twenty-four months, pursuant to a schedule determined by the department; and

    (3) For offenders convicted of nonviolent and nonsex offenses, the court may authorize county jails to convert jail confinement to an available county supervised community option and may require the offender to perform affirmative conduct pursuant to RCW 9.94A.129.

    For sentences of nonviolent offenders for one year or less, the court shall consider and give priority to available alternatives to total confinement and shall state its reasons in writing on the judgment and sentence form if the alternatives are not used.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The governor must personally testify before a legislative committee that is hearing a bill the governor has requested.

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