| Passed by the Senate April 23, 2005 YEAS 37 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 14, 2005 YEAS 93 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5290 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 11, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 11, 2005 - 2:29 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/10/05.
AN ACT Relating to theft of or damage to livestock; amending RCW 9A.56.080 and 4.24.320; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 9A.56.080 and 2003 c 53 s 74 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Every person who, with intent to sell or exchange and to
deprive or defraud the lawful owner thereof, willfully takes, leads, or
transports away, conceals, withholds, slaughters, or otherwise
appropriates any horse, mule, cow, heifer, bull, steer, swine, goat, or
sheep is guilty of theft of livestock in the first degree.
(2) Theft of livestock in the first degree is a class B felony.
Sec. 2 RCW 4.24.320 and 2003 c 53 s 4 are each amended to read as
follows:
Any person who suffers damage((s)) to livestock as a result of
actions described in RCW ((9A.48.080(c))) 16.52.205 or any owner of ((a
horse, mule, cow, heifer, bull, steer, swine, or sheep)) livestock who
suffers damage((s)) as a result of a willful, unauthorized act
described in RCW 9A.56.080 or 9A.56.083 may bring an action against the
person or persons committing the act in a court of competent
jurisdiction for exemplary damages up to three times the actual damages
sustained, plus attorney's fees. As used in this section, "livestock"
means the animals specified in RCW 9A.56.080.