CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5942

 

 

                   Chapter 112, Laws of 2001

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

 

 

SERVICE ANIMALS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the Senate March 12, 2001

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

             ROSA FRANKLIN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 5, 2001

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5942 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 April 25, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

          April 25, 2001 - 10:06 a.m.

 

 

 

             GARY F. LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5942

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Judiciary (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Jacobsen and Oke)

 

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/01.

Increasing penalties for crimes against dog guides and service animals.   


    AN ACT Relating to dog guides and service animals; adding a new section to chapter 9.91 RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  This act may be known and cited as Layla's Law.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 9.91 RCW to read as follows:

    (1)(a) Any person who has received notice that his or her behavior is interfering with the use of a dog guide or service animal who continues with reckless disregard to interfere with the use of a dog guide or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the dog guide or service animal user or his or her dog guide or service animal is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW, except that for a second or subsequent offense it is a gross misdemeanor.

    (b) Any person who, with reckless disregard, allows his or her dog to interfere with the use of a dog guide or service animal by obstructing, intimidating, or otherwise jeopardizing the safety of the dog guide or service animal user or his or her dog guide or service animal is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW, except that for a second or subsequent offense it is a gross misdemeanor.

    (2)(a) Any person who, with reckless disregard, injures, disables, or causes the death of a dog guide or service animal is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.

    (b) Any person who, with reckless disregard, allows his or her dog to injure, disable, or cause the death of a dog guide or service animal is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter 9A.20 RCW.

    (3) Any person who intentionally injures, disables, or causes the death of a dog guide or service animal is guilty of a class C felony.

    (4) Any person who wrongfully obtains or exerts unauthorized control over a dog guide or service animal with the intent to deprive the dog guide or service animal user of his or her dog guide or service animal is guilty of theft in the first degree, RCW 9A.56.030.

    (5)(a) In any case in which the defendant is convicted of a violation of this section, he or she shall also be ordered to make full restitution for all damages, including incidental and consequential expenses incurred by the dog guide or service animal user and the dog guide or service animal which arise out of or are related to the criminal offense.

    (b) Restitution for a conviction under this section shall include, but is not limited to:

    (i) The value of the replacement of an incapacitated or deceased dog guide or service animal, the training of a replacement dog guide or service animal, or retraining of the affected dog guide or service animal and all related veterinary and care expenses; and

    (ii) Medical expenses of the dog guide or service animal user, training of the dog guide or service animal user, and compensation for wages or earned income lost by the dog guide or service animal user.

    (6) Nothing in this section shall affect any civil remedies available for violation of this section.

    (7) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

    (a) "Dog guide" means a dog that is trained for the purpose of guiding blind persons or a dog trained for the purpose of assisting hearing impaired persons.

    (b) "Service animal" means an animal that is trained for the purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or physical disability.

    (c) "Notice" means a verbal or otherwise communicated warning prescribing the behavior of another person and a request that the person stop their behavior.

    (d) "Value" means the value to the dog guide or service animal user and does not refer to cost or fair market value.


    Passed the Senate March 12, 2001.

    Passed the House April 5, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 25, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 25, 2001.