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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3542

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Williams, Bottiger, Fleming, Wojahn, Goltz, McDermott, Gaspard and Vognild

Read first time 2/4/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to firearm ammunition control; adding a new section to chapter 9.41 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 9.41 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) No person may manufacture, sell, import, or be in possession or physical control of any firearm ammunition that is constructed with any solid metal bullet other than lead or an alloy primarily of lead, or any solid metal bullet of any kind that is jacketed with any type of metal including steel, brass, or copper, either with a truncated cone or hollowpoint nose that is specifically designed to be metal or armor-piercing.  "Firearm ammunition" means only handgun ammunition or rifle ammunition that can be fired in a handgun.

          (2) A violation of this section is a class B felony as defined under chapter 9A.20 RCW.

          (3) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to city, county, state, or military law enforcement special weapons and tactics teams, or city, county, state, or military law enforcement research units.