CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6378

Chapter 119, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



MOVIE THEATERS--UNAUTHORIZED RECORDING



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2004
  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6378 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved March 24, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 24, 2004 - 3:10 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SENATE BILL 6378
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senators Esser, Haugen, McCaslin, Prentice, Hale, B. Sheldon and Keiser

Read first time 01/19/2004.   Referred to Committee on Judiciary.



     AN ACT Relating to prohibiting unauthorized operation of a recording device in a motion picture exhibition facility; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) Whoever, without the consent of the owner or lessee of the motion picture exhibition facility and the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited, knowingly operates an audiovisual recording function of a device in a motion picture exhibition facility is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
     (2) The owner or lessee of a motion picture exhibition facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, or the authorized agent or employee of such owner or lessee, or the licensor of the motion picture being exhibited or his or her agent or employee, who alerts law enforcement authorities of an alleged violation of this section shall not be liable in any civil action arising out of measures taken by such owner, lessee, licensor, agent, or employee in the course of subsequently detaining a person that the owner, lessee, licensor, agent, or employee in good faith believed to have violated this section while awaiting the arrival of law enforcement authorities, unless the plaintiff can show by clear and convincing evidence that such measures were manifestly unreasonable or the period of detention was unreasonably long.
     (3) This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent, of the state or federal government, from operating any audiovisual recording device in any motion picture exhibition facility where a motion picture is being exhibited, as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities.
     (4) For the purposes of this section:
     (a) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed.
     (b) "Motion picture exhibition facility" means any theater, screening room, indoor or outdoor screening venue, auditorium, ballroom, or other premises where motion pictures are publicly exhibited, regardless of whether an admission fee is charged, but does not include a personal residence or retail establishment.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   Section 1 of this act constitutes a new chapter in Title 19 RCW.


         Passed by the Senate March 8, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 3, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 24, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2004.