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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1598

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representative Lemmon

Read first time 02/03/93.  Referred to Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife.

Prohibiting bows with nocked arrows in motor vehicles.

          AN ACT Relating to loaded weapons; and amending RCW 77.16.250.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 77.16.250 and 1989 c 297 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

          Except as provided in RCW 77.16.290 and 77.32.238, it is unlawful to carry, transport, convey, possess, or control in or on a motor vehicle a shotgun or rifle containing shells or cartridges in the magazine or chamber, ((or)) a muzzle-loading firearm loaded and capped or primed, or a bow with a nocked arrow.

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