Domestic viol. co-responders

AN ACT Relating to domestic violence co-responder programs; 1
reenacting and amending RCW 36.18.010; and adding new sections to 2
chapter 43.280 RCW. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 43.280 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
The domestic violence co-responder account is created in the 7
state treasury. All receipts from fees imposed for deposit in the 8
domestic violence co-responder account under RCW 36.18.010 must be 9
deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only 10
after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used only 11
for the domestic violence co-responder grant program created in 12
section 2 of this act. 13
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 43.280 14
RCW to read as follows: 15
(1) The domestic violence co-responder grant program is created 16
to be administered by the office of crime victims advocacy.17
(2) The domestic violence co-responder grant program must:18
H-0409.1
HOUSE BILL 1498
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representatives Davis, Couture, Macri, Griffey, Walen, Reed,
Simmons, Goodman, Parshley, Leavitt, Pollet, Hill, Salahuddin, and
Scott
Read first time 01/22/25. Referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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(a) Award matching grants to cities and counties for the purpose 1
of establishing and operating domestic violence co-responder 2
programs; 3
(b) Provide contracted technical assistance and training for 4
grantees related to domestic violence co-responder programs; and5
(c) Provide contracted services to assist grantees in billing 6
health insurance for domestic violence co-responder services.7
(3) For the purposes of this section, a "domestic violence co-8
responder program" is a program utilizing domestic violence victim 9
advocates that are summoned by law enforcement to the scene of a 10
domestic violence incident and that provide whole family support, 11
resource connection, and care navigation for victims.12
Sec. 3. RCW 36.18.010 and 2023 c 340 s 8 and 2023 c 277 s 9 are 13
each reenacted and amended to read as follows: 14
Except as otherwise ordered by the court pursuant to RCW 15
4.24.130, county auditors or recording officers shall collect the 16
following fees for their official services: 17
(1) For recording instruments, for the first page eight and one-18
half by 14 inches or less, $5; for each additional page eight and 19
one-half by 14 inches or less, $1. The fee for recording multiple 20
transactions contained in one instrument will be calculated for each 21
transaction requiring separate indexing as required under RCW 22
65.04.050 as follows: The fee for each title or transaction is the 23
same fee as the first page of any additional recorded document; the 24
fee for additional pages is the same fee as for any additional pages 25
for any recorded document; the fee for the additional pages may be 26
collected only once and may not be collected for each title or 27
transaction; 28
(2) For preparing and certifying copies, for the first page eight 29
and one-half by 14 inches or less, $3; for each additional page eight 30
and one-half by 14 inches or less, $1; 31
(3) For preparing noncertified copies, for each page eight and 32
one-half by 14 inches or less, $1; 33
(4) For administering an oath or taking an affidavit, with or 34
without seal, $2; 35
(5) For issuing a marriage license((,)):36
(a) An $8 fee, (this fee includes taking necessary affidavits, 37
filing returns, indexing, and transmittal of a record of the marriage 38
to the state registrar of vital statistics); plus ((an))39
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(b) An additional $5 fee for use and support of the prevention of 1
child abuse and neglect activities to be transmitted monthly to the 2
state treasurer and deposited in the state general fund; plus ((an))3
(c) An additional $10 fee to be transmitted monthly to the state 4
treasurer and deposited in the state general fund ((. The legislature 5
intends to appropriate an amount at least equal to the revenue 6
generated by this fee for the purposes of the displaced homemaker 7
act, chapter 28B.04 RCW)); plus8
(d) An additional $100 fee to be transmitted monthly to the state 9
treasurer for deposit into the domestic violence co-responder account 10
created in section 1 of this act;11
(6) For searching records per hour, $8; 12
(7) For recording plats, 50 cents for each lot except cemetery 13
plats for which the charge shall be 25 cents per lot; also $1 for 14
each acknowledgment, dedication, and description: PROVIDED, That 15
there shall be a minimum fee of $25 per plat; 16
(8) For recording of miscellaneous records not listed above, for 17
the first page eight and one-half by 14 inches or less, $5; for each 18
additional page eight and one-half by 14 inches or less, $1;19
(9) For modernization and improvement of the recording and 20
indexing system, a surcharge as provided in RCW 36.22.170;21
(10) For recording an emergency nonstandard document as provided 22
in RCW 65.04.047, $50, in addition to all other applicable recording 23
fees; 24
(11) For recording instruments, a $3 surcharge to be deposited 25
into the Washington state library operations account created in RCW 26
43.07.129; 27
(12) For recording instruments, a $2 surcharge to be deposited 28
into the Washington state library-archives building account created 29
in RCW 43.07.410 until the financing contract entered into by the 30
secretary of state for the Washington state library-archives building 31
is paid in full; 32
(13) For recording instruments, the surcharge as provided in RCW 33
36.22.250; and 34
(14) For recording instruments, except for documents exempt under 35
RCW 36.22.185(2), an assessment as provided in RCW 36.22.185.36
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