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                         SENATE BILL 5185

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Roach, Smith, Hale, Rasmussen and Palmer

Read first time 01/13/95.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

Requiring that bail or bond be posted by persons who have previously been convicted of failure to appear at a court proceeding.

    AN ACT Relating to failure to appear at a court proceeding; and adding a new section to chapter 10.01 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 10.01 RCW to read as follows:

    A person who, at any time in the previous ten years, has been convicted, or adjudicated as a juvenile, of bail jumping under RCW 9A.76.170, driving while license suspended or revoked due to failure to appear at a requested hearing or violating a written promise to appear in court under RCW 46.20.342(1)(c)(iv), or any other crime involving failure to appear at a court proceeding may not be released on personal recognizance in any proceeding where the judge is authorized to require posting of bail or bond.

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