Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply throughout RCW 43.310.005 through 43.310.040 and *sections 5 and 7 through 10, chapter 497, Laws of 1993:
- (1) "School" means any public school within a school district any portion of which is in a county with a population of over one hundred ninety thousand.
- (2) "Community organization" means any organization recognized by a city or county as such, as well as private, nonprofit organizations registered with the secretary of state.
(3) "Gang risk prevention and intervention pilot program" means a community-based positive prevention and intervention program for gang members, potential gang members, at-risk youth, and elementary through high school-aged youth directed at all of the following:
- (a) Reducing the probability of youth involvement in gang activities and consequent violence.
- (b) Establishing ties, at an early age, between youth and community organizations.
- (c) Committing local business and community resources to positive programming for youth.
- (d) Committing state resources to assist in creating the gang risk prevention and intervention pilot programs.
- (4) "Cultural awareness retreat" means a program that temporarily relocates at-risk youth or gang members and their parents from their usual social environment to a different social environment, with the specific purpose of having them performing activities which will enhance or increase their positive behavior and potential life successes.
[ 1993 c 497 s 3.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: Sections 5 and 7 through 10, chapter 497, Laws of 1993 were vetoed.