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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6303

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senator DeJarnatt

Read first time 1/18/88 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to out-of-state drivers' license suspensions and revocations; amending RCW 46.20.342; and providing an effective date.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 3, chapter 148, Laws of 1980 as last amended by section 1, chapter 388, Laws of 1987 and RCW 46.20.342 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) Any person who drives a motor vehicle on any public highway of this state while that person is in a suspended or revoked status or when his or her privilege so to do is suspended or revoked in this or any other state or when his or her policy of insurance or bond, when required under this title, has been canceled or terminated, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.   This section does not apply to a suspension or revocation in another state for an offense that would not be grounds for suspension or revocation in this state.   Upon the first conviction for a violation of this section, a person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than six months.  Upon the second conviction, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than ninety days nor more than one year.  Upon the third or subsequent such conviction, the person shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one year.  There may also be imposed in connection with each such conviction a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

          (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, upon receiving a record of conviction of any person or upon receiving an order by any juvenile court or any duly authorized court officer of the conviction of any juvenile under this section upon a charge of driving a vehicle while the license of the person is under suspension, the department shall extend the period of the suspension for an additional like period and if the conviction was upon a charge of driving while a license was revoked the department shall not issue a new license for an additional period of one year from and after the date the person would otherwise have been entitled to apply for a new license.  The department shall not so extend the period of suspension or revocation if the court recommends against the extension and:

          (a) The convicted person has obtained a valid driver's license; or

          (b) The department determines that the convicted person has demonstrated proof of future financial responsibility as provided for in chapter 46.29 RCW, and, if the suspension or revocation was the result of a violation of RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504, that the person is making satisfactory progress in any required alcoholism treatment program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act shall take effect July 1, 1988.