BILL REQ. #:  S-0441.2 

Read first time 01/18/11.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring information to be filed by the prosecuting attorney for certain violations under driving while license is suspended or revoked provisions; and amending RCW 10.37.015.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 10.37.015 and 1987 c 202 s 167 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No person shall be held to answer in any court for an alleged crime or offense, unless upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney, or upon an indictment by a grand jury, except in cases of misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor before a district or municipal judge, or before a court martial, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
     (2) Violations of RCW 46.20.342(1)(c)(iv) shall be held to answer in any court only upon an information filed by the prosecuting attorney.