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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6751

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators Nelson, Patrick, Conner, Hansen and Smitherman

Read first time 1/24/90 and referred to Committee on  Law & Justice.

AN ACT Relating to uniform misdemeanor criminal code penalties; adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 36.01 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:

          Except as limited by the maximum penalty authorized by law, no city, code city, or town, may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes a crime under state law that is less than the penalty prescribed for that crime by state statute.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 36.01 RCW to read as follows:

          Except as limited by the maximum penalty authorized by law, no county may establish a penalty for an act that constitutes a crime under state law that is less than the penalty prescribed for that crime by state statute.