CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5258

Chapter 144, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



COUNCIL FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the Senate March 6, 2007
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 9, 2007
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5258 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved April 20, 2007, 2:32 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 20, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 5258
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By Senators Regala, Stevens and Shin

Read first time 01/15/2007.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.



     AN ACT Relating to the Washington council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect; and amending RCW 43.121.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 43.121.020 and 1996 c 10 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) There is established in the executive office of the governor a Washington council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect subject to the jurisdiction of the governor.
     (2) The council shall be composed of the chairperson and ((thirteen)) fourteen other members as follows:
     (a) The chairperson and six other members shall be appointed by the governor and shall be selected for their interest and expertise in the prevention of child abuse. A minimum of four designees by the governor shall not be affiliated with governmental agencies. The appointments shall be made on a geographic basis to assure statewide representation. Members appointed by the governor shall serve for three-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments were made.
     (b) The secretary of social and health services or the secretary's designee, the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee, the director of the department of early learning or the director's designee, and the secretary of the department of health or the secretary's designee shall serve as voting members of the council.
     (c) In addition to the members of the council, four members of the legislature shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the council, one from each political caucus of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one from each political caucus of the senate to be appointed by the president of the senate.


         Passed by the Senate March 6, 2007.
         Passed by the House April 9, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 20, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 20, 2007.