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SENATE BILL 6138
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators A. Smith and Nelson
Read first time 01/13/94. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to obstructing a law enforcement officer; and amending RCW 9A.76.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9A.76.020 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.76.020 are each amended to read as follows:
((Every person who, (1) without lawful
excuse shall refuse or knowingly fail)) It is unlawful for a person
to make a willfully untrue, misleading, or ((furnish any)) exaggerated
statement((, report, or information lawfully required of him by a public
servant, or (2) in any such statement or report shall make any knowingly untrue
statement to a public servant, or (3) shall knowingly)) to a law
enforcement officer, or to willfully hinder, delay, or obstruct ((any
public servant)) a law enforcement officer in the discharge of his or
her official powers or duties((; shall be)). A person who
violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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