PDFWAC 137-04-015
Establishment of department.
The department of corrections was established effective July 1, 1981, by chapter 136, Laws of 1981, 47th legislature. Previously, functions delegated to the department of corrections were assigned to the adult corrections division, department of social and health services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 42.17.250. WSR 82-04-023 (Order 82-3), ยง 137-04-015, filed 1/26/82.]