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Ordinance 116872

Introduced as Council Bill 109836

Title

AN ORDINANCE preserving prosecutions under repealed or expired criminal or traffic ordinances, prohibiting off-street driving without a driver's license, correcting drafting errors in Code section numbers in the list of criminal traffic offenses, changing the definition of the crimes of Driving While Intoxicated and Physical Control with respect to the time period within which a breath or blood alcohol test is performed, providing an affirmative defense to Driving While Intoxicated and Physical Control regarding consumption of alcohol after driving or being in physical control of a vehicle but before performance of the breath or blood alcohol test, providing that evidence of a breath or blood alcohol test performed after this time period is admissible in a prosecution for Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control, requiring that an alcohol evaluation performed on a person convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control be sent to the Washington Department of Licensing, requiring that suspension or deferral of a minimum jail sentence for a person convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control pose a substantial risk to the person's health, clarifying the conditions under which a minimum sentence is required for a person previously convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control who commits one of these crimes while having a suspended or revoked driver's license, increasing the minimum fine required for a person previously convicted of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control who commits one of these crimes while having a suspended or revoked driver's license, clarifying the court's authority to sentence a person for a repeat conviction of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control, enlarging the period of probation for a repeat conviction of Driving While Intoxicated or Physical Control, imposing a fee on persons convicted of an offense or granted a deferred prosecution as a result of an arrest for Driving While Intoxicated, Physical Control, Vehicular Homicide or Vehicular Assault, reducing the mandatory minimum sentence for a person convicted of a third or subsequent Driving While License Suspended or Revoked 1 degree, expanding the definition of the crime of Driving While License Suspended or Revoked 3 degree, repealing the requirement that the mental state of a crime applies to each element, changing the definition of the crime of Assault, repealing the crime of Simple Assault, eliminating one means of committing the crime of Menacing, creating the crime of Stalking, prohibiting certain conduct at bus stops and in the bus tunnel, expanding the list of crimes conviction of which precludes a person from obtaining a concealed pistol license, revising the requirements for applying for a concealed pistol licenses, increasing the fee for issuance and renewal of a concealed pistol license, expanding the grounds for denial and revocation of a concealed pistol license, correcting a drafting error in the definition of the crime of Unlawful Use of Weapons, repealing a redundant provision for forfeiture of a firearm found in the possession of an intoxicated person, amending Sections 11.20.010, 11.34.020, 11.56.020, 11.56.320, 12A.06.010, 12A.06.030, 12A.12.040, 12A.14.010, 12A.14.020, 12A.14.035 and 12A.14.080, adding sections to Chapter 11.10, Chapter 12A.02 and Chapter 12A.06 and repealing Sections 12A.04.020, 12A.04.040, 12A.04.15 and 12A.14.150 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

Description and Background

Current Status:Passed
Index Terms:DWI, CRIMINAL-LAW, MISDEMEANORS, DRUG-REHABILITATION, LICENSES, BUSES, GUN-CONTROL
References:Amending: Ord 108200, 109476, 116538, 113550, 115757, 102843, 112333, 111780, 113547, 112103, 109674, 110786, 112238

Legislative History

Sponsor:PAGELER
Date Introduced:August 23, 1993
Committee Referral:Public Safety
City Council Action Date:September 27, 1993
City Council Action:Passed
City Council Vote:7-0
Date Delivered to Mayor:September 28, 1993
Date Signed by Mayor:
(About the signature date) 		September 30, 1993
Date Filed with Clerk:September 30, 1993
Signed Copy:PDF scan of Ordinance No. 116872

Text

A scanned (pdf) copy of this document is available using the above link. If you are unable to open the file, you may view this document at the Office of the City Clerk. If you are unable to visit the Clerk's Office, you may request a copy or scan be made for you by Clerk staff. Scans and copies provided by the Office of the City Clerk are subject to copy fees, and the timing of service is dependent on the availability of staff.

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