EXECUTIVE
ORDER EO 92-02
ESTABLISHING
A LIMITED ROLE FOR THE OFFICE OF
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT AS A "CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY"
WHEREAS, the Office of Support
Enforcement, within the Department of Social and Health Services, Is
responsible for the establishment and collection of child support in the State
of Washington; and
WHEREAS, the willful failure
to pay child support is a criminal offense under the laws of the State of
Washington; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Support
Enforcement is the designated conduit for persons seeking information from the
Federal Parent Locator Service in cases involving Parental Kidnapping; and
WHEREAS, interstate vehicle
registration, driver's licensing information, and Department of Corrections
files are important tools for skip tracing absent parents; and
WHEREAS, this information is
only available through the use of Criminal Justice Information System access to
which has recently become restricted to Criminal Justice Agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE,
I, Booth Gardner, Governor of the State of Washington, by virtue of the power
vested in me, do hereby designate the Office of Support Enforcement as a
Criminal Justice Agency for the purpose of providing reasonable access to
interstate vehicle registration, driver's licensing information, and Department
of Corrections files in order to locate absent parents and collect child
support by all lawful means.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused
the seal of the State
of Washington to be
affixed at Olympia
this 2nd day of June
A.D., Nineteen hundred and ninety-two.
BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR:
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Secretary of State
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