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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1385

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Chandler, Lisk, Hansen, Van Luven, Mielke, Foreman, Sheldon, Valle, Vance, Ballasiotes, Roland, Shin, Brough, Casada, Sheahan, Campbell, Rayburn, King, Brumsickle, Ballard, Holm, Talcott, Wood, Flemming, Kremen, Miller, Tate, Cooke, Schoesler, Reams, Morton and Silver

Read first time 01/27/93.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Establishing mandatory fines for persons convicted of drunk driving while transporting minors.

          AN ACT Relating to penalties for driving under the influence of liquor or drugs; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 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 46.61 RCW to read as follows:

          A person who is convicted of a violation of RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 is subject to a mandatory minimum fine of five hundred dollars and a mandatory five days of community service in a program benefiting children if the person committed the violation while transporting a person seventeen years of age or younger.

          On a second or subsequent conviction of a violation of RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 a person is subject to a mandatory minimum fine of one thousand dollars and a mandatory ten days of community service in a program benefiting children if the person committed the violation while transporting a person seventeen years of age or younger.

          The fines or mandatory service imposed under this section are not subject to suspension.

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