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Clerk 03/06/2003
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A MOTION authorizing the King County sentencing reform panel to submit its proposed expenditure plan to the Washington state Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse for the use of state criminal justice treatment account funds for the treatment of King County drug diversion court participants.
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WHEREAS, the 2002 Washington state Sentencing Reform Act created a new drug offense sentencing grid with the intent of reducing the length of sentences for certain drug offenses, and
WHEREAS, the resulting savings from those reduced sentences is to be used to fund drug treatment programs recommended by a local sentencing reform panel, and
WHEREAS, the King County sentencing reform panel was formed which included the statutorily required participation of representatives from the prosecutor's office, the sheriff's office, the superior court, the county's drug and alcohol coordinator, a substance abuse treatment provider, a member of the criminal defense bar and the county's drug court, and this group developed a treatment program to enhance the existing drug court treatment plans, and
WHEREAS, the King County drug and alcohol board has reviewed this proposal and has recommended its submission to the state;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
The executive is authorized to allow the King County sentencing reform panel to submit its proposed expenditure plan to the state Division of Alcohol and Substance
Abuse for the use of state criminal justice treatment account funds for the treatment of King County drug diversion court.