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Legislation Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City’s traffic code; amending various sections and subsections in Title 11 of the Seattle Municipal Code to conform with changes in state law.

 

Summary of the Legislation:  Amends the City’s traffic code to conform with changes in the corresponding state traffic statutes made by the 2011 Legislature, specifically clarifying the definition of “vehicle,” reiterating that a defendant charged with Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Physical Control who enters into in a deferred prosecution program may not operate a motor vehicle without an ignition interlock device, reducing the maximum jail sentence for a defendant convicted of a gross misdemeanor from 365 days to 364 days, authorizing impoundment of a vehicle driven by a person arrested for DUI or Physical Control, authorizing Municipal Court to order a defendant convicted of DUI or Physical control to attend a DUI victim’s panel, increasing the BAC fee assessed against a defendant convicted of or entering into a deferred prosecution program for DUI or Physical Control from $125 to $200, providing for the duration of alcohol monitoring for a defendant convicted of DUI or Physical Control who does not apply for an ignition interlock driver’s license, creates the infraction of Negligent Driving 2nd degree involving a vulnerable user victim, clarifying references to the Revised Code of Washington and prohibiting driving while watching television.

 
 
 


Background:  Many provisions of Seattle’s traffic code must be and are identical to provisions of the state traffic statutes.  When the Legislature amends those statutes, our traffic code likewise must be amended to ensure uniformity.  This ordinance changes provisions of our traffic code to conform with changes made to the corresponding state traffic statutes by the 2011 Legislature.

 

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__X__ This legislation does not have any financial implications.