HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 2575

BYRepresentatives McLean, R. Meyers, Ballard and Silver

Regarding nonappearance by occupant of motor vehicle.

House Committe on Judiciary

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (15)

      Signed by Representatives Appelwick, Chair; Crane, Vice Chair; Padden, Ranking Republican Member; Forner, Hargrove, Inslee, P. King, R. Meyers, Moyer, H. Myers, Schmidt, Scott, D. Sommers, Tate and Wineberry.

House Staff:Bill Perry (786-7123)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 13, 1990

BACKGROUND:

When a driver is issued a notice of a traffic infraction, or a citation for a criminal traffic offense, he or she must sign a promise to respond to the notice.  Responding to a notice or citation means paying a fine or appearing in court at a hearing.

If a person who has signed a promise to respond or appear fails to do so, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor.  Failure to respond or appear is a misdemeanor.

Driving a vehicle while having accumulated two or more failures to respond or appear is called failure to comply.  Failure to comply is a gross misdemeanor.

SUMMARY:

The gross misdemeanor crime of failure to comply is extended to cover persons with two or more failures to respond or appear who occupy a motor vehicle, whether or not they are operating the vehicle.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    No one.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    None.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.