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                          HOUSE BILL 1243

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Hurst, Esser, Carrell, Lovick, Lantz and Lambert

Read first time 01/22/2001.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Changing provisions relating to the admissibility into evidence of a refusal to submit to a test of alcohol or drug concentration.

    AN ACT Relating to the admissibility into evidence of a refusal to submit to a test of alcohol or drug concentration; and amending RCW 46.61.517.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.517 and 1987 c 373 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the ((alcoholic content of)) alcohol or drug concentration in the person's blood or breath under RCW 46.20.308 is admissible into evidence at a subsequent criminal trial.

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