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(B) Compare the characteristics of individuals convicted under 1 net nanny stings with individuals convicted of child sex offenses 2 through other avenues. 3 (ii) The Washington state patrol shall provide the Washington 4 state institute for public policy with the data necessary to conduct 5 the analysis in (e)(i)(B) of this subsection. A net nanny sting 6 operation is a collaborative operation that includes local, state, 7 and federal law enforcement that targets the arrest and prosecution 8 of individuals involved in child abuse and exploitation using the 9 internet by using a fictious victim. By June 30, 2023, the institute 10 must submit results from the study to the appropriate committees of 11 the legislature. 12 (f) $124,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 13 year 2022 and $76,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 14 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the Washington 15 state institute for public policy to study legal financial 16 obligations as defined in RCW 9.94A.030. 17 (i) The study should explore the following topics: 18 (A) The amount of legal and financial obligations imposed over 19 the last three years; 20 (B) The total amounts outstanding and the total amounts collected 21 annually, including annual collection rates; including all 22 restitution, costs, fees, fines, penalty assessments, and interest, 23 disaggregated; 24 (C) Statutes which allow for the imposition of legal and 25 financial obligations; 26 (D) The percentage of the judicial branch's budget which has been 27 supported by legal and financial obligations since the system's 28 inception; 29 (E) The programs funded by legal financial obligations; and 30 (F) How other states fund their court system including but not 31 limited to whether they use legal financial obligations to provide 32 support. 33 (ii) The study should recommend to the legislature potential 34 methods and processes to delink court related funding and other 35 county and local funding from the collection of legal financial 36 obligations and to provide such funding through other means. 37 (iii) The Washington state institute for public policy may 38 solicit input for the study from interested parties to include but 39 not be limited to the Washington state association of counties, the 40 p. 1351 ESSB 5187.SL