CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2111



63rd Legislature
2014 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 10, 2014
  Yeas 95   Nays 3


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 7, 2014
  Yeas 38   Nays 11



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2111 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2111
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2014 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2014 Regular Session

By House Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Farrell, Hayes, Fey, Rodne, Zeiger, Fitzgibbon, Morrell, Jinkins, Moscoso, Ryu, and Freeman)

READ FIRST TIME 02/04/14.   



     AN ACT Relating to the enforcement of regional transit authority fares; and amending RCW 81.112.210.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 81.112.210 and 2009 c 279 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) An authority is authorized to establish, by resolution, a schedule of fines and penalties for civil infractions established in RCW 81.112.220. Fines established by ((a regional transit)) an authority shall not exceed those imposed for class 1 infractions under RCW 7.80.120.
     (2)(a) ((A regional transit)) An authority may designate persons to monitor fare payment who are equivalent to and are authorized to exercise all the powers of an enforcement officer, defined in RCW 7.80.040. An authority is authorized to employ personnel to either monitor fare payment, or to contract for such services, or both.
     (b) In addition to the specific powers granted to enforcement officers under RCW 7.80.050 and 7.80.060, persons designated to monitor fare payment also have the authority to take the following actions:
     (i) Request proof of payment from passengers;
     (ii) Request personal identification from a passenger who does not produce proof of payment when requested;
     (iii)(A) Issue a ((citation conforming to the requirements established in RCW 7.80.070)) notice of infraction to passengers who do not produce proof of payment when requested.
     (B) The notice of infraction form to be used for violations under this subsection must be approved by the administrative office of the courts and must not include vehicle information; and
     (iv) Request that a passenger leave the ((regional transit)) authority facility when the passenger has not produced proof of payment after being asked to do so by a person designated to monitor fare payment.
     (3) ((Regional transit)) Authorities shall keep records of citations in the manner prescribed by RCW 7.80.150. All civil infractions established by chapter 20, Laws of 1999 shall be heard and determined by a district or municipal court as provided in RCW 7.80.010 (1), (2), and (4).

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