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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1385
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By House Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Representatives Chandler, Lisk, Hansen, Van Luven, Mielke, Foreman, Sheldon, Valle, Vance, Ballasiotes, Roland, Shin, Brough, Casada, Sheahan, Campbell, Rayburn, King, Brumsickle, Ballard, Holm, Talcott, Wood, Flemming, Kremen, Miller, Tate, Cooke, Schoesler, Reams, Morton and Silver)
Read first time 03/03/93.
AN ACT Relating to penalties for driving under the influence of liquor or drugs; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A person who violates RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 while transporting a passenger under the age of eighteen years, is subject to the following penalties in addition to those provided for in RCW 46.61.515 or other law:
(a) Upon a first conviction under the circumstances described in this subsection, an additional mandatory minimum fine of two hundred fifty dollars and a mandatory one day of community service;
(b) Upon a second or subsequent conviction within five years under the circumstances described in this subsection, an additional mandatory minimum fine of one thousand dollars and a mandatory ten days of community service.
(2) Unless the court finds the convicted person to be indigent, a mandatory minimum fine required under this section may not be suspended or deferred. Unless the court finds it would be a substantial risk to the convicted person's physical or mental well-being, a mandatory minimum sentence of community service required under this section may not be suspended or deferred.
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