BILL REQ. #:  S-0271.1 

Read first time 01/24/13.   Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing courts to assess additional costs to defendants if they are successful in setting aside a committed finding after failing to respond to an infraction or failing to appear for a hearing; and amending RCW 46.63.151.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.63.151 and 1991 sp.s. c 25 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     Each party to a traffic infraction case is responsible for costs incurred by that party. Notwithstanding RCW 46.63.110(4), a court may assess additional costs of up to twenty-five dollars against a defendant who is successful in setting aside a committed finding after failing to respond to an infraction or failing to appear for a hearing. No other costs or attorneys' fees may be awarded to either party in a traffic infraction case, except as provided for in RCW 46.30.020(2).