CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1483

Chapter 233, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS--NOTICE--PAYMENT PLAN



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House March 5, 2011
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 9, 2011
  Yeas 48   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1483 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 3, 2011, 2:34 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 4, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1483
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representative Pearson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/25/11.   



     AN ACT Relating to traffic infractions; and amending RCW 46.63.060.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.63.060 and 2006 c 270 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A notice of traffic infraction represents a determination that an infraction has been committed. The determination will be final unless contested as provided in this chapter.
     (2) The form for the notice of traffic infraction shall be prescribed by rule of the supreme court and shall include the following:
     (a) A statement that the notice represents a determination that a traffic infraction has been committed by the person named in the notice and that the determination shall be final unless contested as provided in this chapter;
     (b) A statement that a traffic infraction is a noncriminal offense for which imprisonment may not be imposed as a sanction; that the penalty for a traffic infraction may include sanctions against the person's driver's license including suspension, revocation, or denial; that the penalty for a traffic infraction related to standing, stopping, or parking may include nonrenewal of the vehicle license;
     (c) A statement of the specific traffic infraction for which the notice was issued;
     (d) A statement of the monetary penalty established for the traffic infraction;
     (e) A statement of the options provided in this chapter for responding to the notice and the procedures necessary to exercise these options;
     (f) A statement that at any hearing to contest the determination the state has the burden of proving, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the infraction was committed; and that the person may subpoena witnesses including the officer who issued the notice of infraction;
     (g) A statement that at any hearing requested for the purpose of explaining mitigating circumstances surrounding the commission of the infraction the person will be deemed to have committed the infraction and may not subpoena witnesses;
     (h) A statement that the person must respond to the notice as provided in this chapter within fifteen days or the person's driver's license or driving privilege will be suspended by the department until any penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter have been satisfied; and
     (i) A statement that failure to appear at a hearing requested for the purpose of contesting the determination or for the purpose of explaining mitigating circumstances will result in the suspension of the person's driver's license or driving privilege, or in the case of a standing, stopping, or parking violation, refusal of the department to renew the vehicle license, until any penalties imposed pursuant to this chapter have been satisfied.
     (3) A form for a notice of traffic infraction printed after the effective date of this section must include a statement that the person may be able to enter into a payment plan with the court under RCW 46.63.110.


         Passed by the House March 5, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 9, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor May 3, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 4, 2011.