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SENATE BILL NO. 4551
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C 188 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Senators Vognild, Sellar, Peterson, Granlund, Zimmerman, Hansen, Moore, Talmadge, Garrett, Gaspard, Bauer, Rasmussen, Bender, Bottiger and Conner
Read first time 1/15/86 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AN ACT Relating to assault on fire protection personnel; and amending RCW 9A.36.030.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 9A.36.030, chapter 260, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. as last amended by section 1, chapter 140, Laws of 1982 and RCW 9A.36.030 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every person who, under circumstances not amounting to assault in either the first or second degree, shall be guilty of assault in the third degree when he:
(a) With intent to prevent or resist the execution of any lawful process or mandate of any court officer or the lawful apprehension or detention of himself or another person shall assault another; or
(b) With criminal negligence, shall cause physical injury to another person by means of a weapon or other instrument or thing likely to produce bodily harm; or
(c) Assaults a person employed as a transit operator or driver by a public or private transit company while that person is operating or is in control of a vehicle owned or operated by the transit company; or
(d) Assaults a fire fighter or other employee of a fire department or fire protection district who was performing his or her official duties at the time of the assault.