2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 13.40.005: Juvenile disposition standards commission — Abolished — References to commission — Transfer of powers, duties, and functions.

(1) The juvenile disposition standards commission is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the sentencing guidelines commission. All references to the director or the juvenile disposition standards commission in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director or the sentencing guidelines commission.

     (2)(a) All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the juvenile disposition standards commission shall be delivered to the custody of the sentencing guidelines commission. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the juvenile disposition standards commission shall be made available to the sentencing guidelines commission. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the juvenile disposition standards commission shall be assigned to the sentencing guidelines commission.

     (b) Any appropriations made to the juvenile disposition standards commission shall, on June 30, 1997, be transferred and credited to the sentencing guidelines commission.

     (c) If any question arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned.

     (3) All employees of the juvenile disposition standards commission are transferred to the jurisdiction of the sentencing guidelines commission. All employees classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, are assigned to the sentencing guidelines commission to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing state civil service.

     (4) All rules and all pending business before the juvenile disposition standards commission shall be continued and acted upon by the sentencing guidelines commission. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the sentencing guidelines commission.

     (5) The transfer of the powers, duties, functions, and personnel of the juvenile disposition standards commission shall not affect the validity of any act performed before June 30, 1997.

     (6) If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by this section, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification.

     (7) Nothing contained in this section may be construed to alter any existing collective bargaining unit or the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreement until the agreement has expired or until the bargaining unit has been modified by action of the personnel board as provided by law.

[1995 c 269 § 301.]

Reviser's note: 1995 c 269 directed that this section be added to chapter 9.94A RCW. This section has been codified in chapter 13.40 RCW, which relates more directly to the juvenile disposition standards commission.      Effective date -- 1995 c 269 § 301: "Section 301 of this act shall take effect June 30, 1996." [1996 c 232 § 8; 1995 c 269 § 3603.]      Part headings not law -- 1995 c 269: "Part headings as used in this act do not constitute any part of the law." [1995 c 269 § 3601.]      Severability -- 1995 c 269: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [1995 c 269 § 3602.]