CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6621

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 9, 2000   YEAS 46   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House February 29, 2000   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6621 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6621

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Costa, McCaslin, Kline, Long, Heavey, Haugen, Hargrove, Thibaudeau, Zarelli, Oke, Rasmussen and Kohl‑Welles)

Read first time 02/03/2000.

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the current probation and parole interstate compact, which was entered into about sixty years ago, has become seriously outdated and of diminishing value to the supervision of offenders residing outside Washington state.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) The chief of the Washington state patrol or his or her designee;

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

    (h) One defense attorney jointly designated by the Washington defender association and the Washington association of criminal defense lawyers;

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

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

    (3) Staff support for the task force shall be provided by the office of financial management.  Legislators on the task force may use legislative staff from senate committee services and the office of program research.

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