6151-S.E AMS FRAN FD 051

ESSB 6151 - S AMD TO S AMD (S-2746.1/01) AMD 388

    By Senators Franklin, Rasmussen and Kastama

                                              NOT ADOPTED 04/30/01

    On page 6, line 2, after "authorized for" strike the remainder of the subsection and insert the following:

    "up to three beds in 2001, three additional beds in 2002, and three additional beds in 2003. 

    On page 6, line 20, after "facilities" strike "designed for more than three persons".

    On page 6, line 23, after "located." insert the following:

     "The department may site secure community transition facilities in other counties using principles of equitable distributions to select the sites.  After the department successfully establishes secure community transition facilities in other counties, the department is authorized establish additional beds at the secure community transition facility established pursuant to this section in a number not to exceed the proportion of Pierce County residents civilly committed under chapter 71.09 RCW."

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EFFECT: Limits the facility on McNeil Island to 3 persons per year, or that number needed for the state to fulfill its constitutional duty for the first three years.  After 2003 and after facilities have been sited in other counties, the McNeil Island facility could grow to represent the percentage of Pierce County residents in the sexually violent predator population.