BILL REQ. #:  S-3412.1 

Read first time 01/14/2004.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

     AN ACT Relating to criminal impersonation; amending RCW 9A.60.040 and 9A.60.045; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 9A.60.040 and 2003 c 53 s 78 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree if the person:
     (a) Assumes a false identity and does an act in his or her assumed character with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose; or
     (b) Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization or a public servant and does an act in his or her pretended capacity with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose.
     (2) Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a ((gross misdemeanor)) class C felony.

Sec. 2   RCW 9A.60.045 and 2003 c 53 s 79 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the second degree if the person:
     (a) Claims to be a law enforcement officer or creates an impression that he or she is a law enforcement officer; and
     (b) Under circumstances not amounting to criminal impersonation in the first degree, does an act with intent to convey the impression that he or she is acting in an official capacity and a reasonable person would believe the person is a law enforcement officer.
     (2) Criminal impersonation in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act takes effect July 1, 2004.