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Washington Statutes, Title 43

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Title 43, STATE GOVERNMENT—EXECUTIVE

181 chapters · 3,539 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 433,539 Ch 43.43, Washington state patrol.172 Ch 43.216, Department of children, youth, and f…168 Ch 43.70, Department of health.154 Ch 43.330, Department of commerce.148 Ch 43.79, State funds.98 Ch 43.21A, Department of ecology.85 Ch 43.101, Criminal justice training commission…85 Ch 43.19, Department of enterprise services.80 Ch 43.21C, State environmental policy.75 Ch 43.20A, Department of social and health serv…67 Ch 43.30, Department of natural resources.62 Ch 43.06, Governor.61 Ch 43.20B, Revenue recovery for department of s…57 Ch 43.88, State budgeting, accounting, and rep…57

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RCW 43.43.285 Special death benefit—Course of employment—Occupational disease or infection—Annual adjustment.
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(1) A two hundred fourteen thousand dollar death benefit shall be paid to the member's estate, or such person or persons, trust or organization as the member shall have nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the department. If there be no such designated pe…
RCW 43.43.286 Rights reserved to the legislature—No future contractual rights.
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The legislature reserves the right to amend or repeal the reimbursement provisions of chapter 488, Laws of 2007 in the future and no member or beneficiary has a contractual right to receive any distribution not granted prior to that time. [ 2007 c 488 s 4.] Notes: Short title—200…
RCW 43.43.290 Status in case of disablement.
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A person receiving benefits under RCW 43.43.040 will be a nonactive member. If any person who is or has been receiving benefits under RCW 43.43.040 returns or has returned to active duty with the Washington state patrol, the person shall become an active member of the retirement …
RCW 43.43.295 Accumulated contributions—Payment upon death of member.
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(1) For members commissioned on or after January 1, 2003, except as provided in RCW 11.07.010, if a member or a vested member who has not completed at least ten years of service dies, the amount of the accumulated contributions standing to such member's credit in the retirement s…

RCW 43.43.310 Benefits exempt from taxation and legal process—Assignability—Exceptions—Deductions for group insurance premiums or for state patrol memorial foundation contributions.

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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section, the right of any person to a retirement allowance or optional retirement allowance under the provisions hereof and all moneys and investments and income thereof are exempt from any state, county, municipal, …

RCW 43.43.315 Optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit.

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(1) At the time of retirement, members may purchase an optional actuarially equivalent life annuity benefit from the Washington state patrol retirement fund established in RCW 43.43.130. A minimum payment of twenty-five thousand dollars is required. (2) Subject to rules adopted b…

RCW 43.43.320 Penalty for falsification.

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Any person who knowingly makes any false statement or falsifies or permits to be falsified any record or records of the Washington state patrol retirement fund in any attempt to defraud such fund shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. [ 1965 c 8 s 43.43.320. Prior: 1947 c 250 s …

RCW 43.43.330 Examinations for promotion.

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Appropriate examinations shall be conducted for the promotion of commissioned patrol officers to the rank of sergeant and lieutenant. The examinations shall be prepared and conducted under the supervision of the chief of the Washington state patrol, who shall cause at least thirt…

RCW 43.43.340 Eligible list, and promotions therefrom—Affirmative action.

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(1) The names of all officers who have passed examinations satisfactorily shall be placed on an eligible list in the order of the grade attained in the examinations. The chief, or the committee mentioned in RCW 43.43.330 at the chief's request, may determine the lowest examinatio…

RCW 43.43.350 Determination of eligibility for examination for promotion.

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Eligibility for examination for promotion shall be determined as follows: Patrol officers with one year of probationary experience, in addition to three years experience as a regular patrol officer before the date of the first examination occurrence, shall be eligible for examina…

RCW 43.43.360 Probationary period.

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All newly appointed or promoted officers shall serve a probationary period of one year after appointment or promotion, whereupon their probationary status shall terminate, and they shall acquire regular status in the particular grade, unless given notice in writing to the contrar…

RCW 43.43.370 Staff or technical officers.

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The chief of the Washington state patrol may appoint such staff or technical officers as he or she deems necessary for the efficient operation of the patrol, and he or she may assign whatever rank he or she deems necessary to such staff or technical officers for the duration of t…

RCW 43.43.380 Minimum salaries—Report.

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(1)(a) The minimum monthly salary paid to state patrol troopers and sergeants must be competitive with law enforcement agencies within the boundaries of the state of Washington, guided by the results of a survey undertaken in the collective bargaining process during each biennium…

RCW 43.43.385 Expedited recruitment incentive program.

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(1) The Washington state patrol shall develop and implement a state trooper expedited recruitment incentive program for the purpose of recruiting and filling vacant trooper positions. Recruitment must redouble the effort to create a more diverse workforce and must also provide an…

RCW 43.43.386 Annual longevity bonus.

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(1) Beginning July 1, 2024, an eligible commissioned employee completing 26 or more years of service shall qualify for an annual state trooper longevity bonus of $15,000 on the employee's anniversary date of state employment, which shall be paid in four equal quarterly payments. …

RCW 43.43.390 Bicycle awareness program—Generally.

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Bicycling is increasing in popularity as a form of recreation and as an alternative mode of transportation. To make bicycling safer, the various law enforcement agencies should enforce traffic regulations for bicyclists. By enforcing bicycle regulations, law enforcement officers …

RCW 43.43.395 Ignition interlock devices—Standards—Compliance.

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(1) The state patrol shall by rule provide standards for the certification, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring, inspection, and removal of ignition interlock devices, as defined under RCW 46.04.215, and equipment as outlined under this section, and may inspect the reco…

RCW 43.43.3952 Ignition interlock devices—Officer required to report violations—Liability.

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(1) Any officer conducting field inspections of ignition interlock devices under the ignition interlock program shall report violations by program participants to the court. (2) The Washington state patrol may not be held liable for any damages resulting from any act or omission …

RCW 43.43.396 Ignition interlock devices—Fee schedule and fee collection—Report—Fee deposit.

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(1) As part of the state patrol's authority to provide standards for certification, installation, repair, maintenance, monitoring, inspection, and removal of ignition interlock devices, the state patrol shall by rule establish a fee schedule and collect fees from ignition interlo…

RCW 43.43.400 Aquatic invasive species inspection and training.

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(1) Money in the aquatic invasive species management account created in RCW 77.135.200 may be used by the Washington state patrol for aquatic invasive species inspection training and to inspect for the presence of aquatic invasive species on aquatic conveyances that are required …

RCW 43.43.480 Routine traffic enforcement information.

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(1) Beginning May 1, 2000, the Washington state patrol shall collect the following information: (a) The number of individuals stopped for routine traffic enforcement, whether or not a citation or warning was issued; (b) Identifying characteristics of the individual stopped, inclu…

RCW 43.43.490 Routine traffic enforcement information—Data collection—Training materials on racial profiling.

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(1) The Washington state patrol shall work with the criminal justice training commission and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs to develop (a) further criteria for collection and evaluation of the data collected under RCW 43.43.480, and (b) training material…

RCW 43.43.500 Crime information center—Established—Purpose—Functions.

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There is established the Washington state crime information center to be located in the records division of the Washington state patrol and to function under the direction of the chief of the Washington state patrol. The center shall serve to coordinate crime information, by mean…

RCW 43.43.510 Crime information center—Files of general assistance to law enforcement agencies established—Runaway children—Information publicly available.

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(1) As soon as is practical and feasible there shall be established, by means of data processing, files listing stolen and wanted vehicles, outstanding warrants, identifying children whose parents, custodians, or legal guardians have reported as having run away from home or the c…

RCW 43.43.530 Crime information center—Cost of terminal facilities.

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The cost of additional terminal facilities necessary to gain access to the Washington state crime information center shall be borne by the respective agencies operating the terminal facilities. [ 1967 ex.s. c 27 s 4.]

RCW 43.43.540 Sex offenders and kidnapping offenders—Central registry—Reimbursement to counties.

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(1) The county sheriff shall forward registration information, photographs, and fingerprints obtained pursuant to RCW 9A.44.130, including the sex offender's risk level classification and any notice of change of address, to the Washington state patrol within five working days. (2…

RCW 43.43.545 Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system.

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(1) The Washington state patrol shall create and operate a statewide sexual assault kit tracking system. The Washington state patrol may contract with state or nonstate entities including, but not limited to, private software and technology providers, for the creation, operation,…

RCW 43.43.546 Statewide sexual assault kit tracking system—Participation by bureau of forensic laboratory services.

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The Washington state patrol bureau of forensic laboratory services shall participate in the statewide sexual assault kit tracking system established in RCW 43.43.545 for the purpose of tracking the status of all sexual assault kits in the custody of the Washington state patrol an…

RCW 43.43.550 Traffic safety education officers—Powers—Pay and reimbursement.

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(1) The chief of the Washington state patrol shall designate twenty-four or more officers as traffic safety education officers. The chief of the Washington state patrol shall make the designations in a manner designed to ensure that the programs under subsection (2) of this secti…

RCW 43.43.560 Automatic fingerprint information system—Report.

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(1) To support criminal justice services in the local communities throughout this state, the state patrol shall develop a plan for and implement an automatic fingerprint information system. In implementing the automatic fingerprint information system, the state patrol shall eithe…

RCW 43.43.570 Automatic fingerprint identification system—Conditions for local establishment or operation—Rules.

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(1) No local law enforcement agency may establish or operate an automatic fingerprint identification system unless both the hardware and software of the local system use an interface compatible with the state system under RCW 43.43.560. The local law enforcement agency shall be a…

RCW 43.43.575 Firearms safety training program.

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The Washington state patrol shall establish a program to provide certifications for firearms safety training programs that meet the requirements of RCW 9.41.070 and 9.41.1132, and to require certified firearms safety programs to apply for recertification every five years. The Was…

RCW 43.43.580 Firearms background check program—Automated firearms background check system—Fee.

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(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a firearms background check program to serve as a centralized single point of contact for dealers to conduct background checks for firearms sales or transfers required under chapter 9.41 RCW and the federal Brady handgun violence pr…

RCW 43.43.585 Washington background check advisory board.

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(1) There is created the Washington background check advisory board. The board shall consist of the following members, appointed by the governor: (a) The chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's designee; (b) The executive director of the Washington association of sher…

RCW 43.43.590 State firearms background check system account.

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The state firearms background check system account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts under RCW 43.43.580 must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the creation, operation, and maintenance of the automated f…

RCW 43.43.600 Drug control assistance unit—Created.

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There is hereby created in the Washington state patrol a drug control assistance unit. [ 1970 ex.s. c 63 s 1.]

RCW 43.43.610 Drug control assistance unit—Duties.

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The drug control assistance unit shall provide investigative assistance for the purpose of enforcement of the provisions of chapter 69.40 RCW. [ 1983 c 3 s 107; 1980 c 69 s 1; 1970 ex.s. c 63 s 2.]

RCW 43.43.620 Drug control assistance unit—Additional duties—Information system on violations—Inter-unit communications network.

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The drug control assistance unit shall: (1) Establish a record system to coordinate with all law enforcement agencies in the state a comprehensive system of information concerning violations of the narcotic and drug laws. (2) Provide a communications network capable of interconne…

RCW 43.43.630 Drug control assistance unit—Use of existing facilities and systems.

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In order to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of state resources, the drug control assistance unit shall, where feasible, use existing facilities and systems. [ 1970 ex.s. c 63 s 4.]

RCW 43.43.640 Drug control assistance unit—Certain investigators exempt from state civil service act.

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Any investigators employed pursuant to RCW 43.43.610 shall be exempt from the state civil service act, chapter 41.06 RCW. [ 1980 c 69 s 3; 1970 ex.s. c 63 s 5.]

RCW 43.43.650 Drug control assistance unit—Employment of necessary personnel.

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The chief of the Washington state patrol may employ such criminalists, chemists, clerical and other personnel as are necessary for the conduct of the affairs of the drug control assistance unit. [ 1970 ex.s. c 63 s 6.]

RCW 43.43.655 Drug control assistance unit—Special narcotics enforcement unit.

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A special narcotics enforcement unit is established within the Washington state patrol drug control assistance unit. The unit shall be coordinated between the Washington state patrol, the attorney general, and the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs. The initial …

RCW 43.43.670 Bureau of forensic laboratory services—Powers—Priorities.

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(1) There is created in the Washington state patrol a bureau of forensic laboratory services system which is authorized to: (a) Provide laboratory services for the purpose of analyzing and scientifically handling any physical evidence relating to any crime. (b) Provide training a…

RCW 43.43.672 Bureau of forensic laboratory services—Drug evidence analysis.

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Subject to the availability of funds appropriated for this specific purpose, the Washington state patrol bureau of forensic laboratory services shall aim to complete the necessary analysis for any evidence submitted for a suspected violation of RCW 69.50.4011(1) (b) or (c), 69.50…

RCW 43.43.680 Controlled substance, simulator solution analysis—Prima facie evidence.

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(1) In all prosecutions involving the analysis of a controlled substance or a sample of a controlled substance by the crime laboratory system of the state patrol, a certified copy of the analytical report signed by the supervisor of the state patrol's crime laboratory or the fore…

RCW 43.43.690 Crime laboratory analysis fee—Court imposition—Collection.

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(1) When an adult offender has been adjudged guilty of violating any criminal statute of this state and a crime laboratory analysis was performed by a state crime laboratory, in addition to any other disposition, penalty, or fine imposed, the court shall levy a crime laboratory a…

RCW 43.43.700 Identification and criminal history section.

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There is hereby established within the Washington state patrol a section on identification and criminal history hereafter referred to as the section. In order to aid the administration of justice the section shall install systems for the identification of individuals, including t…

RCW 43.43.705 Identification data—Processing procedure—Definitions.

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Upon the receipt of identification data from criminal justice agencies within this state, the section shall immediately cause the files to be examined and upon request shall promptly return to the contributor of such data a transcript of the record of previous arrests and disposi…

RCW 43.43.710 Availability of information.

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Information contained in the files and records of the section relative to the commission of any crime by any person shall be considered privileged and shall not be made public or disclosed for any personal purpose or in any civil court proceedings except upon a written order of t…

RCW 43.43.715 Identification—Cooperation with other criminal justice agencies.

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The section shall, consistent with the procedures set forth in chapter 152, Laws of 1972 ex. sess., cooperate with all other criminal justice agencies within or without the state, in an exchange of information regarding convicted criminals and those suspected of or wanted for the…