CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6326

Chapter 118, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



UNLAWFUL BUS CONDUCT



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate February 16, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 4, 2004
  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6326 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 24, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 24, 2004 - 3:09 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6326
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senators Esser, McCaslin, Oke, Roach, Eide, Kline and Rasmussen

Read first time 01/16/2004.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to unlawful bus conduct; and amending RCW 9.91.025 and 46.04.355.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 9.91.025 and 1994 c 45 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of unlawful bus conduct if while on or in a municipal transit vehicle as defined by RCW 46.04.355 or in or at a municipal transit station and with knowledge that ((such)) the conduct is prohibited, he or she:
     (a) Except while in or at a municipal transit station, smokes or carries a lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette;
     (b) Discards litter other than in designated receptacles;
     (c) Plays any radio, recorder, or other sound-producing equipment except that nothing herein ((shall)) prohibits the use of ((such)) the equipment when connected to earphones that limit the sound to individual listeners or the use of a communication device by an employee of the owner or operator of the municipal transit vehicle or municipal transit station;
     (d) Spits or expectorates;
     (e) Carries any flammable liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or material likely to cause harm to others except that nothing herein ((shall)) prevents a person from carrying a cigarette, cigar, or pipe lighter or carrying a firearm or ammunition in a way that is not otherwise prohibited by law;
     (f) Intentionally obstructs or impedes the flow of municipal transit vehicles or passenger traffic, hinders or prevents access to municipal transit vehicles or stations, or otherwise unlawfully interferes with the provision or use of public transportation services;
     (g) Intentionally disturbs others by engaging in loud, raucous, unruly, harmful, or harassing behavior; or
     (h) Destroys, defaces, or otherwise damages property of a municipality as defined in RCW 35.58.272 or a regional transit authority authorized by chapter 81.112 RCW employed in the provision or use of public transportation services.
     (2) For the purposes of this section, "municipal transit station" means all facilities, structures, lands, interest in lands, air rights over lands, and rights of way of all kinds that are owned, leased, held, or used by a municipality as defined in RCW 35.58.272, or a regional transit authority authorized by chapter 81.112 RCW for the purpose of providing public transportation services, including, but not limited to, park and ride lots, transit centers and tunnels, and bus shelters.
     (3) Unlawful bus conduct is a misdemeanor.

Sec. 2   RCW 46.04.355 and 1984 c 167 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     Municipal transit vehicle includes every motor vehicle, street car, train, trolley vehicle, and any other device, which (1) is capable of being moved within, upon, above, or below a public highway, (2) is owned or operated by a city, county, county transportation authority, public transportation benefit area, regional transit authority, or metropolitan municipal corporation within the state, and (3) is used for the purpose of carrying passengers together with incidental baggage and freight on a regular schedule.


         Passed by the Senate February 16, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 4, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 24, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2004.