CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1183
Chapter
513, Laws of 1993
53rd
Legislature
1993
Regular Session
MINORS PUBLICLY
UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/25/93
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Passed by the House April 19, 1993
Yeas 95
Nays 0
BRIAN
EBERSOLE
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 12, 1993
Yeas 38 Nays 6
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CERTIFICATE
I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of
Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the
attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1183 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL
PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
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ALAN
THOMPSON
Chief Clerk
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Approved May 18, 1993 Place
Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 18, 1993 - 6:05 p.m.
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MIKE
LOWRY
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1183
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State
of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/03/93.
Making it a crime for a person under age twenty-one to be under
the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs in public.
AN ACT Relating to persons under
age twenty-one who are under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs in
public; amending RCW 66.44.270; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 66.44.270 and
1987 c 458 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) It is unlawful for any
person to sell, give, or otherwise supply liquor to any person under the age of
twenty-one years or permit any person under that age to consume liquor on his
or her premises or on any premises under his or her control. For the purposes
of this subsection, "premises" includes real property, houses,
buildings, and other structures, and motor vehicles and watercraft.
(2)(a) It is unlawful for
any person under the age of twenty-one years to possess, consume, or otherwise
acquire any liquor.
(b) It is unlawful for a
person under the age of twenty-one years to be in a public place, or to be in a
motor vehicle in a public place, while exhibiting the effects of having
consumed liquor. For purposes of this subsection, exhibiting the effects of
having consumed liquor means that a person has the odor of liquor on his or her
breath and either: (i) Is in possession of or close proximity to a container
that has or recently had liquor in it; or (ii) by speech, manner, appearance,
behavior, lack of coordination, or otherwise, exhibits that he or she is under
the influence of liquor. This subsection (2)(b) does not apply if the person
is in the presence of a parent or guardian or has consumed or is consuming
liquor under circumstances described in subsection (4) or (5) of this section.
(3) ((This section does))
Subsections (1) and (2)(a) of this section do not apply to liquor given
or permitted to be given to a person under the age of twenty-one years by a
parent or guardian and consumed in the presence of the parent or guardian.
This subsection shall not authorize consumption or possession of liquor by a
person under the age of twenty-one years on any premises licensed under chapter
66.24 RCW.
(4) This section does not apply
to liquor given for medicinal purposes to a person under the age of twenty-one
years by a parent, guardian, physician, or dentist.
(5) This section does not apply
to liquor given to a person under the age of twenty-one years when such liquor
is being used in connection with religious services and the amount consumed is
the minimal amount necessary for the religious service.
(6) Conviction or forfeiture of
bail for a violation of this section by a person under the age of twenty-one
years at the time of such conviction or forfeiture shall not be a
disqualification of that person to acquire a license to sell or dispense any
liquor after that person has attained the age of twenty-one years.
Passed the House April 19, 1993.
Passed the Senate April 12, 1993.
Approved
by the Governor May 18, 1993.
Filed in Office of Secretary of
State May 18, 1993.