CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5744

                   Chapter 371, Laws of 1999

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

CHILD DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS--LEGAL COSTS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the Senate April 22, 1999   YEAS 47   NAYS 0                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House April 13, 1999   YEAS 95   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 5744 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved May 17, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                        May 17, 1999 - 3:46 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5744

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Human Services & Corrections (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Costa, Sheahan and Deccio)

Read first time 03/01/1999.

Ordering a proposal to provide for representation of parties in child dependency and termination proceedings.   

    AN ACT Relating to representation of parties in child dependency and termination proceedings; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  (1) The office of public defense shall develop a proposal to address the costs of legal representation and expenses reasonably related to such representation for indigent parents, guardians, legal custodians, and children in dependency and termination hearings under chapter 13.34 RCW.  The proposal shall address the increased dependency and termination filings by the state under chapter 13.34 RCW and the effect of this increase on indigent defense costs.  The proposal shall recommend strategies to ensure that an equitable method of paying for indigent defense costs in dependency and termination proceedings is established.

    (2) The office of public defense shall present the proposal required under subsection (1) of this section to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 6, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 22, 1999.

    Passed the House April 13, 1999.

Approved by the Governor May 17, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 17, 1999.