BILL REQ. #:  H-0368.1 

Read first time 01/16/2007.   Referred to Committee on Insurance, Financial Service & Consumer Protection.

     AN ACT Relating to an identity theft grant program; adding a new section to chapter 43.10 RCW; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 43.10 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The attorney general shall develop a grant program to provide funding for persons and organizations that provide:
     (a) Education to aid seniors in preventing identity theft;
     (b) Assistance to aid seniors in recovering from identity theft;
     (c) Education to aid persons with a developmental disability and their legal representatives in preventing the theft of the identity of persons with a developmental disability;
     (d) Assistance to aid persons with a developmental disability and their legal representatives in recovering from the identity theft of the identity of persons with a developmental disability; or
     (e) Any combination of the above.
     (2) The attorney general shall make an annual report regarding the development and the implementation of the grant program to the legislature by December 1st. The first report is due December 1, 2008.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   The sum of one million five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, from the general fund to the attorney general for the purposes of section 1 of this act. Administrative costs for development of the program and ongoing administration by the attorney general must be paid out of this appropriation.