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                                           ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 2429

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                                                                            C 235 L 90

 

 

State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

 

By Representatives R. Meyers and Scott

 

 

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to attempts by vessel operators to elude pursuing law enforcement vessels; adding new sections to chapter 88.08 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 88.08 RCW to read as follows:

          Any operator of a vessel who willfully fails to stop when requested or signaled to do so by a person reasonably identifiable as a law enforcement officer is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 88.08 RCW to read as follows:

          Any operator of a vessel who willfully fails or refuses to immediately bring the vessel to a stop and who operates the vessel in a manner indicating a wanton or willful disregard for the lives or property of others while attempting to elude a pursuing law enforcement vessel, after being given a visual or audible signal to bring the vessel to a stop, shall be guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.  The signal given by the law enforcement officer may be by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren.  The officer giving such a signal shall be in uniform and his or her vessel shall be appropriately marked showing it to be an official law enforcement vessel. Passed the House February 12, 1990.


 

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

Passed the Senate March 1, 1990.

 

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.