CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5558

Chapter 247, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

ALCOHOL VIOLATORS--PENALTIES

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/22/01

Passed by the Senate April 17, 2001

YEAS 49 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House April 12, 2001

YEAS 95 NAYS 1

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5558 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved May 11, 2001

FILED

May 11, 2001 - 9:17 a.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5558

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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators Rossi, Kline, Finkbeiner, Roach, Morton, Oke, Johnson, Long, Swecker, Stevens and Sheahan)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/01.

AN ACT Relating to penalties for alcohol violators; and amending RCW 46.20.720.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 46.20.720 and 1999 c 331 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The court may order that after a period of suspension, revocation, or denial of driving privileges, and for up to as long as the court has jurisdiction, any person convicted of any offense involving the use, consumption, or possession of alcohol while operating a motor vehicle may drive only a motor vehicle equipped with a functioning ignition interlock or other biological or technical device.

(2) If a person is convicted of a violation of RCW 46.61.502 or 46.61.504 or an equivalent local ordinance and it is: (a) The person's first conviction or a deferred prosecution under chapter 10.05 RCW and his or her alcohol concentration was at least 0.15, or by reason of the person's refusal to take a test offered pursuant to RCW 46.20.308 there is no test result indicating the person's alcohol concentration; or (b) the person's second or subsequent conviction; or (c) the person's first conviction and the person has a previous deferred prosecution under chapter 10.05 RCW or it is a deferred prosecution under chapter 10.05 RCW and the person has a previous conviction, the court shall order that after any applicable period of suspension, revocation, or denial of driving privileges, the person may drive only a motor vehicle equipped with a functioning ignition interlock or other biological or technical device. The requirement to drive only a motor vehicle equipped with a functioning ignition interlock or other biological or technical device may not be suspended. The court may waive the requirement for the use of such a device if the court makes a specific finding in writing that such devices are not reasonably available in the local area. Nothing in this section may be interpreted as entitling a person to more than one deferred prosecution.

(3) The court shall establish a specific calibration setting at which the ignition interlock or other biological or technical device will prevent the motor vehicle from being started and the period of time that the person shall be subject to the restriction. In the case of a person under subsection (2) of this section, the period of time of the restriction will be as follows:

(a) For a person (i) who is subject to RCW 46.61.5055 (1)(b), (2), or (3), or who is subject to a deferred prosecution program under chapter 10.05 RCW, and (ii) who has not previously been restricted under this section, a period of not less than one year;

(b) For a person who has previously been restricted under (a) of this subsection, a period of not less than five years;

For purposes of this section, "convicted" means being found guilty of an offense or being placed on a deferred prosecution program under chapter 10.05 RCW.