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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2872
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Veloria, Lisk, Caver, Springer and Leonard)
Read first time 02/04/94.
AN ACT Relating to use of false identification to obtain liquor; amending RCW 46.20.285; adding new sections to chapter 66.44 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 66.44 RCW to read as follows:
It is a gross misdemeanor for a person to knowingly present the identification of another person or a forged, fraudulent, altered, counterfeit, or otherwise false identification card to acquire, possess, purchase, or obtain liquor. In addition to the identification allowed under RCW 66.16.040, a valid United States retired military or active reserve identification card shall constitute adequate proof of a person's right to purchase alcohol. A minimum fine of two hundred fifty dollars shall be imposed on any person who is convicted of a violation of this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 66.44 RCW to read as follows:
If a person between the ages eighteen and twenty, inclusive, is convicted of a violation of section 1 of this act, the court shall notify the department of licensing within twenty-four hours after entry of the judgment.
Sec. 3. RCW 46.20.285 and 1990 c 250 s 43 are each amended to read as follows:
The department shall forthwith revoke the license of any driver for the period of one calendar year unless otherwise provided in this section, upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction of any of the following offenses, when the conviction has become final:
(1) For vehicular homicide the period of revocation shall be two years;
(2) Vehicular assault;
(3) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a narcotic drug, or under the influence of any other drug to a degree which renders the driver incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle, upon a showing by the department's records that the conviction is the second such conviction for the driver within a period of five years. Upon a showing that the conviction is the third such conviction for the driver within a period of five years, the period of revocation shall be two years;
(4) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used;
(5) Failure to stop and give information or render aid as required under the laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or personal injury of another or resulting in damage to a vehicle that is driven or attended by another;
(6) Perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement under oath to the department under Title 46 RCW or under any other law relating to the ownership or operation of motor vehicles;
(7) Reckless driving upon a showing by the department's records that the conviction is the third such conviction for the driver within a period of two years; or
(8) Violation of section 1 of this act.
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