BILL REQ. #: H-0380.1
State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/31/13. Referred to Committee on Public Safety.
AN ACT Relating to allowing courts to assess additional costs to defendants if they are successful in setting aside a committed finding after failing to respond to an infraction or failing to appear for a hearing; and amending RCW 46.63.151.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 46.63.151 and 1991 sp.s. c 25 s 3 are each amended to
read as follows:
Each party to a traffic infraction case is responsible for costs
incurred by that party. Notwithstanding RCW 46.63.110(4), a court may
assess additional costs of up to twenty-five dollars against a
defendant who is successful in setting aside a committed finding after
failing to respond to an infraction or failing to appear for a hearing.
No other costs or attorneys' fees may be awarded to either party in a
traffic infraction case, except as provided for in RCW 46.30.020(2).