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Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Secretary" shall mean the secretary of the department of corrections or the secretary's designee.

(2) "Deputy secretary" shall mean the deputy secretary of the department, or the deputy secretary's designee.

(3) "Contingency plan" shall mean a plan developed under RCW 72.02.150 by the secretary with representatives of political subdivisions for dealing with disturbances at a state penal facility.

(4) "Department" shall mean the department of corrections.

(5) "Inmate" shall mean an individual sentenced to the custody of the department under state law and an individual transferred to the custody of the department from another state or the federal government.

(6) "Institution" and "penal facility" shall mean any facility identified in RCW 72.01.050(2) and any community residential program under the department's jurisdiction operated pursuant to chapter 72.65 RCW.

(7) "Political subdivision" shall mean any city, town, or county.

(8) "Administrator" shall mean the administrator of the department's contracts and legal affairs section, or the administrator's designee.

(9) All references to the singular shall include the plural unless noted otherwise.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. WSR 03-21-088, § 137-70-020, filed 10/17/03, effective 11/17/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.72.040. WSR 87-03-029 (Order 86-07), § 137-70-020, filed 1/14/87; WSR 84-11-033 (Order 84-06), § 137-70-020, filed 5/14/84. Statutory Authority: Chapter 72.72 RCW. WSR 82-17-044 (Order 82-10), § 137-70-020, filed 8/16/82.]