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                         SENATE BILL 6621

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Costa, McCaslin, Kline, Long, Heavey, Haugen, Hargrove, Thibaudeau, Zarelli, Oke, Rasmussen and Kohl‑Welles

Read first time 01/20/2000.  Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

Creating a task force to study the interstate compact for adult offender supervision.

    AN ACT Relating to adult offender supervision; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the current probation and parole interstate compact, which was entered into about sixty years ago, has become seriously outdated and of diminishing value to the supervision of offenders residing outside Washington state.  The legislature further finds that the quality of supervision provided by other states varies enormously and constitutes a potentially significant public safety risk.  The legislature intends to establish a task force to study the recently revised interstate compact for adult offender supervision and recommend to the legislature whether it is in the state's interest to adopt it.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  (1) The governor shall appoint a task force to study the interstate compact for adult offender supervision and make recommendations to the legislature by January 1, 2001, on whether it is in the state's interest to adopt the compact.  The study shall include both positive and negative aspects of adopting the compact as well as a comparison to the current probation and parole interstate compact.

    (2) The task force shall consist of the following members:

    (a) Two senators and two representatives, representing both caucuses in each house;

    (b) One superior court judge appointed by the superior court judge's association;

    (c) The attorney general or his or her designee;

    (d) The secretary of the department of corrections or his or her designee;

    (e) The chair of the indeterminate sentence review board or his or her designee;

    (f) One prosecutor designated by the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys;

    (g) One defense attorney designated by the Washington defender association;

    (h) One sheriff or police chief designated by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs; and

    (i) Two citizens designated by the Washington coalition of crime victim advocates.

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