H-1099.2
HOUSE BILL 1806
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State of Washington | 65th Legislature | 2017 Regular Session |
By Representatives Pellicciotti, Lovick, Dolan, Goodman, Stanford, Riccelli, Ryu, Bergquist, Kilduff, Pollet, Sells, Orwall, Robinson, Stonier, Macri, Clibborn, Pettigrew, Chapman, Gregerson, McBride, Tharinger, Fitzgibbon, Wylie, Sawyer, Appleton, Doglio, Hudgins, Farrell, Ormsby, Senn, Fey, Frame, and Jinkins
Read first time 01/30/17. Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
AN ACT Relating to increasing monetary penalties for crimes committed by corporations; amending RCW
10.01.100; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 10.01.100 and 1925 ex.s. c 101 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
((Every corporation guilty of a violation of any law of the state of Washington, where the prescribed penalty is, for any reason, incapable of execution or enforcement against such corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, if such offense is a felony; or, by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars if such offense is a gross misdemeanor; or, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars if such offense is a misdemeanor.)) (1) When imposed on a corporation for any criminal offense for which no special corporate fine is specified, a sentence to pay a fine may not exceed:
(a) One million dollars for a class A or B felony;
(b) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for a class C felony;
(c) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars for a gross misdemeanor; and
(d) Fifty thousand dollars for a misdemeanor.
(2) If a special fine for a corporation is expressly specified in the statute that defines an offense, the fine fixed must be within the limits specified in the statute.
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