BILL REQ. #:  H-0646.2 

Read first time 01/25/11.   Referred to Committee on Public Safety & Emergency Preparedness.

     AN ACT Relating to possession of motorcycle theft tools; adding a new section to chapter 9A.56 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 9A.56 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Every person who possesses, gives, or lends any device, including a secondary ignition and an altered motorcycle ignition known as a pigtail, designed to bypass the factory installed ignition of a motorcycle in order to start the engine of a motorcycle without a manufacturer's key, or who possesses, gives, or lends any motorcycle ignition, or part thereof, with the intent to unlawfully take or drive, or to facilitate the unlawful taking or driving of, a motorcycle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(2) Every person who possesses, gives, or lends any item of hardware including, but not limited to, bolt cutters, electrical tape, wire cutters, wire strippers, or allen wrenches, with the intent to unlawfully take or drive, or to facilitate the unlawful taking or driving of, a motorcycle without the consent of the owner is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.