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WSR 07-12-073
[ Filed June 5, 2007, 9:47 a.m. , effective July 6, 2007 ]
Purpose: Administrative updates and changes to the listed WAC chapters. The changes update statutory and other references, update titles of executive management, change addresses and other similar changes which do not change the effect of the rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 137-04-020 Structure of the department; WAC 137-08-010, 137-08-060, 137-08-150, and 137-08-160, public records; WAC 137-10-005 Petition for rule; WAC 137-67-015 Transfer of foreign citizens; WAC 137-68-010 Interstate corrections compact; WAC 137-70-060 and 137-70-070, criminal justice costs; WAC 137-75-020 Jail costs; and WAC 137-80-020, correctional industries.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-08-081 on April 14 [2], 2007.
OTS-9562.1
(10) "Institutional industries" means the program within the department of corrections ((office of correctional operations)) charged with developing and managing comprehensive work programs to provide work skills, work experience and exposure to the work ethic for offenders under the jurisdiction of the department.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-80-020, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.09.050 and chapter 34.04 RCW. 82-18-042 (Order 82-11), § 137-80-020, filed 8/27/82.]
OTS-9561.1
(3) "Deputy secretary" shall mean the deputy secretary, ((office of correctional operations)) prisons division or his/her designee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-75-020, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090 and 1984 c 235. 84-15-053 (Order 84-09), § 137-75-020, filed 7/17/84, effective 9/2/84.]
OTS-9560.1
WAC 137-70-060 Billing procedure. (1) All requests for reimbursement under this chapter must be submitted on a standard Washington State Invoice Voucher Form, A-19, in triplicate, showing the total reimbursement requested, accompanied by a completed request for reimbursement form issued by the department. The vouchers and form should be mailed or delivered to the Department of Corrections, ((Office of Administrative Services,)) Contracts and Legal Affairs, P.O. Box 41114, Olympia, Washington 98504-1114.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-70-060, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.72.040. 85-07-017 (Order 85-04), § 137-70-060, filed 3/11/85; 84-11-033 (Order 84-06), § 137-70-060, filed 5/14/84; 82-17-044 (Order 82-10), § 137-70-060, filed 8/16/82.]
(3) The administrator's decision shall be final unless appealed to the department's impact appeals panel within twenty days after a political subdivision receives notice of disapproval. The impact appeals panel shall be composed of the deputy secretary, ((office of correctional operations)) prisons division and the deputy secretary, ((office of)) administrative services division, or his/her designee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-70-070, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.72.040. 87-03-029 (Order 86-07), § 137-70-070, filed 1/14/87; 85-07-017 (Order 85-04), § 137-70-070, filed 3/11/85; 84-11-033 (Order 84-06), § 137-70-070, filed 5/14/84; 82-17-044 (Order 82-10), § 137-70-070, filed 8/16/82.]
OTS-9554.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-03-079, filed 1/16/01, effective 2/16/01)
WAC 137-04-020 Structure of the department. (1) The executive head of the department is the secretary who is appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, and serves at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary manages the department and is responsible for the administration of adult correctional programs, including but not limited to the operation of all state correctional institutions or facilities used for the confinement of convicted felons.
(2) The department is organized into three ((offices: The office of the secretary; the office of correctional operations; and the office of administrative services. The office of correctional operations and the office of administrative services are)) divisions and three subdepartments: The prisons division, the community corrections division, the administrative services division, the communications department, the health services department and the risk management department. Each division is headed by a deputy ((secretaries)) secretary who reports to the secretary. The responsibilities of ((these offices)) each division are:
(a) ((The office of the secretary is responsible for providing a variety of services for the department, including, government relations and constituent affairs, public information, planning and research, quality programs, workplace diversity, and victim witness and community protection.
(b))) The ((office of correctional operations)) prisons division is responsible for ((the supervision of adult felony offenders placed under the department's jurisdiction by the superior courts or the indeterminate sentencing review board and)) the operation of all adult correctional facilities, including the Washington State Penitentiary; the Washington Corrections Center; the Monroe Correctional Complex; the McNeil Island Corrections Center; the Airway Heights Corrections Center; the Clallam Bay Corrections Center; the Stafford Creek Corrections Center; the Washington Corrections Center for Women; the Cedar Creek Corrections Center; the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center; the Larch Corrections Center; the Olympic Corrections Center; the Ahtanum View assisted living facility; the Pine Lodge ((prerelease facility)) Corrections Center for Women; ((the Tacoma prerelease facility)) the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women; and such other state correctional institutions, camps or facilities as may hereafter be established. ((The office of correctional operations is also responsible for the supervision of adult felony offenders within the community, including offenders in the work release program and other community residential programs.)) The ((office also administers)) division includes the correctional industries((, all offender)) program((s, and policy)).
(b) The community corrections division is responsible for the supervision of adult felony offenders within the community, including offenders in the work release program and other community residential programs.
(c) The ((office of)) administrative services division is responsible for providing a variety of services to the other ((offices)) divisions of the department including financial and management services; information technology; capital planning and development; ((siting;)) rules, contracts, ((and public disclosure;)) budget development and planning and research; and human resources((; and risk management and safety)).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 01-03-079, § 137-04-020, filed 1/16/01, effective 2/16/01; 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-04-020, filed 1/26/82.]
OTS-9555.1
WAC 137-08-010 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure compliance by the department of corrections with the provisions of the Public Records ((Disclosure)) Act, chapter 42.56 RCW ((42.17.250 through 42.17.340)).
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-08-010, filed 1/26/82.]
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 86-05, filed 4/29/86)
WAC 137-08-060 Public records available. (1) Requests for any identifiable public record may be initiated at any office of the department during normal business hours.
(2) The department shall at all times take the most timely possible action on requests for disclosure, and shall be required to respond in writing within ((ten)) five working days of receipt of the request for disclosure. The department's failure to so respond shall entitle the person seeking disclosure to petition the public disclosure officer pursuant to WAC 137-08-140.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 10.97.080 and 42.17.320. 86-10-010 (Order 86-05), § 137-08-060, filed 4/29/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 10.97.080, 42.17.250 and 72.01.090. 85-13-020 (Order 85-06), § 137-08-060, filed 6/10/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-08-060, filed 1/26/82.]
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 85-06, filed 6/10/85)
WAC 137-08-150 Exemptions to public records disclosure. The department reserves the right to determine if a public record requested in accordance with the procedures outlined in WAC 137-08-090 is exempt or nondisclosable under RCW ((42.17.250 through 42.17.340)) 42.56.210 through 42.56.480.
Nondisclosable records include, but are not limited to:
(1) Personal information in any files concerning a prisoner, probationer, or parolee to the extent required by RCW ((42.17.310 (1)(a))) 42.56.230(1); however, disclosure may be made to that person or that person's representative, except as otherwise prohibited by these rules;
(2) Data (including information revealing the identity of persons who file complaints, except as the complainant may authorize) contained in intelligence, investigative, and other related files compiled by investigative, law enforcement or penology agencies, and state agencies vested with the responsibility to discipline members of any profession. This data is nondisclosable to the extent required by RCW ((42.17.310 (1)(d) and (e))) 42.56.240, 10.97.080 and chapter 446-20 WAC;
(3) Certain juvenile justice or juvenile care records to the extent required by chapter 13.50 RCW;
(4) Personal information in files maintained for an employee of the department to the extent required by RCW ((42.17.310 (1)(b))) 42.56.230;
(5) Deliberative material, as opposed to facts upon which a decision is based, contained in preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, and intraagency memoranda in which opinions are expressed or policies formulated or recommended; except that a specific record shall be disclosable when publicly cited by the department in connection with any action to the extent required by RCW ((42.17.310 (1)(i))) 42.56.290;
(6) Records which are relevant to a controversy to which the department is a party but which records would not be available to another party under the rules of pretrial discovery for causes pending in the superior courts, including records involving attorney-client communications between the department and the office of the attorney general privileged under RCW 5.60.060(2).
(7) Criminal history records information the disclosure of which is prohibited by chapter 10.97 RCW.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 10.97.080, 42.17.250 and 72.01.090. 85-13-020 (Order 85-06), § 137-08-150, filed 6/10/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-08-150, filed 1/26/82.]
WAC 137-08-160 Qualifications on nondisclosure. (1) To the extent that nondisclosable information can be deleted from the specific records sought, the remainder of the records shall be disclosable.
(2) No exemptions shall be construed to require nondisclosure of statistical information not descriptive of identifiable persons, as required by RCW ((42.17.310(2))) 42.56.210(1).
(3) Inspection and copying of any specific records otherwise nondisclosable is permissible pursuant to an order of the superior court enforcing a subpoena in accordance with the provisions of RCW ((42.17.310(3))) 42.56.210(2), or an order of the office of hearings enforcing a subpoena.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), § 137-08-160, filed 1/26/82.]
OTS-9556.1
WAC 137-10-005 Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to establish the procedures by which an interested party may petition the department of corrections for the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of a rule pursuant to RCW ((34.04.060)) 34.05.330, or for a declaratory ruling pursuant to RCW ((34.04.080)) 34.05.240.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 34.04.060 and 34.04.080. 86-02-051 (Order 85-11), § 137-10-005, filed 12/31/85.]
OTS-9558.1
(4) "Deputy secretary" is the deputy secretary, ((office of correctional operations)) prisons division, of the Washington state department of corrections or his/her designee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-67-015, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.68.010. 85-18-061 (Order 85-07), § 137-67-015, filed 9/3/85.]
OTS-9559.1
(2) "Compact administrator" is the deputy secretary, ((office of correctional operations)) prisons division, department of corrections, who is responsible for the administration of the interstate compact for the supervision of adult probationers and parolees.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. 03-21-088, § 137-68-010, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 9.95.270. 83-01-139 (Order 82-20), § 137-68-010, filed 12/22/82. Formerly WAC 275-102-475.]