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                          HOUSE BILL 1388

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Keiser, Ballasiotes, Schual‑Berke, Mitchell, Hurst, O'Brien, Lovick and Delvin

Read first time 01/22/1999.  Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice & Corrections.

Clarifying the state's jurisdiction over crimes committed in the airspace over the state.

    AN ACT Relating to state criminal jurisdiction; and amending RCW 9A.04.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 9A.04.030 and 1981 c 187 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    The following persons are liable to punishment:

    (1) A person who commits in the state any crime, in whole or in part.

    (2) A person who commits out of the state any act which, if committed within it, would be theft and is afterward found in the state with any of the stolen property.

    (3) A person who being out of the state, counsels, causes, procures, aids, or abets another to commit a crime in this state.

    (4) A person who, being out of the state, abducts or kidnaps by force or fraud, any person, contrary to the laws of the place where the act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys such person into this state.

    (5) A person who commits an act without the state which affects persons or property within the state, which, if committed within the state, would be a crime.

    (6) A person who, being out of the state, makes a statement, declaration, verification, or certificate under RCW 9A.72.085 which, if made within the state, would be perjury.

(7) A person who commits an act onboard a conveyance within the state of Washington, including the airspace over the state of Washington, that subsequently lands, docks, or stops within the state which, if committed within the state, would be a crime.

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