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                         SENATE BILL 5367

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

 

By Senators Smith and Roach

 

Read first time 01/20/95.  Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.

 

Clarifying penalties for failure to obey an officer.



    AN ACT Relating to the penalty for failing to obey an officer; amending RCW 46.61.022; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.022 and 1979 ex.s. c 136 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

    Any person who wilfully fails to stop when requested or signaled to do so by a person reasonably identifiable as a law enforcement officer or to comply with RCW 46.61.015, 46.61.020, or 46.61.021(3), is guilty of a misdemeanor.

 


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