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Wash. Rev. Code § 72.09.040 (2025)

Transfer of functions from department of social and health services

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All powers, duties, and functions assigned to the secretary of social and health services and to the department of social and health services relating to adult correctional programs and institutions are hereby transferred to the secretary of corrections and to the department of corrections. Except as may be specifically provided, all functions of the department of social and health services relating to juvenile rehabilitation and the juvenile justice system shall remain in the department of social and health services. Where functions of the department of social and health services and the department of corrections overlap in the juvenile rehabilitation and/or juvenile justice area, the governor may allocate such functions between these departments.
[ 1998 c 245 s 139; 1981 c 136 s 4.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1982–1997 · leading case: Snohomish Cnty. v. State, 648 P.2d 430 (Wash. 1982).
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Snohomish Cnty. v. State, 648 P.2d 430 (Wash. 1982). “RCW 72.09.040. 2 This provision was introduced in the Senate in February and was passed by the Senate April 26.”
State v. Dane, 948 P.2d 1326 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). “RCW 72.09.040. The Department of Corrections has never revised the WACs governing the searches of prison visitors.”
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