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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3154

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senators Moore, Rasmussen and Vognild

Read first time 1/18/85 and referred to Committee on Judiciary.

AN ACT Relating to the crime of vagrancy; and adding a new section to chapter 9A.84 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 9A.84 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A person is guilty of vagrancy if:

          (a) The person loiters or lodges in any public place not kept for such purposes, without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof;

          (b) The person solicits in a public place any compensation, gratuity, or reward for his or her benefit without providing service, product, or other benefit in return; or

          (c) The person is voluntarily intoxicated and loiters about any public place, street, or meeting.

          (2) Vagrancy is a misdemeanor.