HomeMy WebLinkAbout4469 AN ORDINANCE amending the misdemeanor offenses of leaving
children unattended in a parked vehicle, supplying
tobacco to a minor and obstructing a law enforcement
officer to gross misdemeanors and amending Sections
9A.20.020, 9A.20.030 and 9A.40.020 of the Bremerton
Municipal Code.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN:
Section 1. Amendment. BMC Section 9A.20.020 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
9A.20.020 LEAVING CHILDREN UNATTENDED IN PARKED AUTOMOBILE.
Every person having the care and custody, whether temporary or
permanent, of minor children under the age of twelve years, who
shall leave such children in a parked automobile unattended by an
adult while such person enters a tavern or other premises where
vinous, spirituous or malt liquors are dispensed for consumption on
the premises shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Section 2. Amendment. BMC Section 9A.20.030 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
9A.20.030 SUPPLYING TOBACCO TO MINOR - POSSESSION BY MINOR.
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, give, furnish or
cause to be furnished to any minor any cigarette, cigar or tobacco
in any form or for a minor to possess the same. Every person
violating this section shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Section 3. Amendment. BMC Section 9A.40.020 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
9A.40.020 OBSTRUCTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER - PENALTY.
(a) A person is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement
officer if, with knowledge that the person obstructed is a law
enforcement officer, he or she:
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(~_1) Knowingly or intentionally provides false or
misleading information to a law enforcement officer, and the
officer is acting in the discharge of his official powers or
duties; or
(~) Intentionally hinders, delays or physically
interferes with a law enforcement officer acting in the discharge
of his or her official powers or duties; or
(e~) Intentionally refuses to leave the scene of an
investigation of a crime while an investigation is in progress,
after being requested to leave by a law enforcement officer acting
in the discharge of his or her official powers or duties; or
(~) Intentionally refuses to cease an activity or
behavior that creates a risk of injury to any person when ordered
to do so by a law enforcement officer, and the officer is acting in
the discharge of his or her official powers or duties; or
(e~) Intentionally destroys or attempts to destroy any
material which he or she knows a law enforcement officer is
attempting to obtain, secure or preserve during an investigation,
search or arrest.
(b) "Law enforcement officer" is defined to include any
general authority, limited authority, or specially commissioned
Washington Deace officer, or federal peace officer, and other
public officers responsible for enforcement of fire, building,
zoning, and safety codes.
(c) Every person who violates this section shall be guilty of
a gross misdemeanor.
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Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become
effective ten (10) days from passage and publication.
APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this
/~i day of </~/~.~ , 1994.
PASSED by the ~ity Council of the City of Bremerton this
,'~ day of ~~ , 1994.
APPROVED this ~ day of .~-~. , 1994.
L~N HORTON, Mayor
ATTEST:
~THLEEN McCLUSKEY, C~ty Clerk
EFFECTNE DATE
PUBLICATION DATE
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