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SENATE BILL 5557

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Kline, Rossi, Costa, Kastama, Shin, Johnson, Rasmussen and Thibaudeau

Read first time 01/26/2001.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

_1      AN ACT Relating to the admissibility into evidence of a refusal

_2  to submit to a test of alcohol or drug concentration; and amending

_3  RCW 46.61.517.

_4  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

_5      Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.517 and 1987 c 373 s 5 are each amended to read

_6  as follows:

_7      The refusal of a person to submit to a test of the ((alcoholic

_8  content of)) alcohol or drug concentration in the person's blood

_9  or breath under RCW 46.20.308 is admissible into evidence at a

10  subsequent criminal trial.

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