1021‑S2 AMH CAMP SHEL 4

2SHB 1021 ‑ H AMDS 126 FAILED 3/7/95

By Representative Campbell

     On page 2, line 24, after "juvenile is" strike everything through "offense" on line 26 and insert the following: "fourteen years of age or older, the alleged offense is a violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030, and during the commission of the offense the juvenile was armed with a firearm that the juvenile illegally possessed in violation of RCW 9.41.040"

     On page 3, beginning on line 34, strike section 2

     Renumber remaining sections consecutively and correct internal      references accordingly

EFFECT:  The age at which a juvenile will be automatically prosecuted as an adult under the bill is lowered to age 14.  However, a juvenile will only be prosecuted as an adult automatically if the juvenile was illegally in possession of the weapon when he or she committed the violent crime, not when he or she was legally in possession of the firearm when he or she committed the violent crime.  The corresponding provision establishing a mandatory decline procedure is deleted.