CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 2242
Chapter
220, Laws of 1994
53rd
Legislature
1994
Regular Session
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS‑-CORRECTIONAL
FACILITY PLACEMENT
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/9/94
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Passed by
the House February 12, 1994
Yeas 89 Nays
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BRIAN EBERSOLE
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate March 4, 1994
Yeas
44 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marilyn
Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2242 as
passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set
forth.
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JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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MARILYN SHOWALTER
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
April 1, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April
1, 1994 - 10:15 a.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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HOUSE BILL 2242
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Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd
Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/11/94.
Referred to Committee on Corrections.
Authorizing the
department of corrections to transfer juveniles under age eighteen to juvenile
correctional institutions.
AN ACT Relating to
youthful offender placement; and amending RCW 72.01.410.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 72.01.410 and 1981 c
136 s 74 are each amended to read as follows:
Whenever any child
under the age of ((sixteen)) eighteen is convicted in the courts
of this state of a crime amounting to a felony, and is committed for a term of
confinement in a correctional institution wherein adults are confined, the
secretary of corrections, after making an independent assessment and
evaluation of the child and determining that the needs and correctional goals
for the child could better be met by the programs and housing environment
provided by the juvenile correctional institution, with the consent of the
secretary of social and health services, may transfer such child to a juvenile
correctional institution, or to such other institution as is now, or may
hereafter be authorized by law to receive such child, until such time as the
child arrives at the age of ((eighteen)) twenty-one years,
whereupon the child shall be returned to the institution of original
commitment. Retention within a juvenile detention facility or return to an
adult correctional facility shall regularly be reviewed by the secretary of
corrections and the secretary of social and health services with a
determination made based on the level of maturity and sophistication of the
individual, the behavior and progress while within the juvenile detention
facility, security needs, and the program/treatment alternatives which would
best prepare the individual for a successful return to the community.
Notice of such transfers shall be given to the clerk of the committing court
and the parents, guardian, or next of kin of such child, if known.
Passed
the House February 12, 1994.
Passed
the Senate March 4, 1994.
Approved by the Governor April 1, 1994.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State April 1, 1994.