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HOUSE BILL NO. 251
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C 129 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Representatives Tilly, Padden, Brooks, Lewis, Braddock, Bristow, Miller, Holland, Todd, Bond and Kremen
Read first time 1/25/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to commercial ski areas; amending RCW 19.48.110; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that commercial ski areas, which contribute significantly to the economic well-being of the state, suffer substantial financial losses from the fraudulent use of their facilities by persons who obtain services without paying for them. It is therefore the intent of the legislature that the law that protects hotels, inns, and restaurants from such fraud be extended to also protect commercial ski areas.
Sec. 2. Section 2, page 96, Laws of 1890 as last amended by section 1, chapter 21, Laws of 1974 ex. sess. and RCW 19.48.110 are each amended to read as follows:
Any person
who shall wilfully obtain food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities,
lodging or accommodation at any hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area,
boarding house or lodging house, without paying therefor, with intent to
defraud the proprietor, owner, operator or keeper thereof; or who obtains food,
money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation at
such hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house or
lodging house, by the use of any false pretense; or who, after obtaining food,
money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging, or accommodation at
such hotel, inn, restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house, or
lodging house, removes or causes to be removed from such hotel, inn(([,])),
restaurant, commercial ski area, boarding house or lodging house, his or
her baggage, without the permission or consent of the proprietor, manager or
authorized employee thereof, before paying for such food, money, credit, use
of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, shall be guilty of a
gross misdemeanor: PROVIDED, That if the aggregate amount of food, money, use
of ski area facilities, lodging or accommodation, or credit so obtained is
seventy-five dollars or more such person shall be guilty of a felony. Proof
that food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or
accommodation were obtained by false pretense or by false or fictitious show or
pretense of any baggage or other property, or that the person refused or
neglected to pay for such food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities,
lodging or accommodation on demand, or that he or she gave in payment for such
food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or
accommodation, negotiable paper on which payment was refused, or that he or she
absconded, or departed from, or left, the premises without paying for such
food, money, credit, use of ski area facilities, lodging or
accommodation, or that he or she removed, or attempted to remove, or caused to
be removed, or caused to be attempted to be removed his or her property or
baggage, shall be prima facie evidence of the fraudulent intent hereinbefore
mentioned.