Chapter 10.17
UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF LASERS
Sections:
10.17.030 Violations by juveniles.
10.17.010 Definitions.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
A. “Laser” means any device designed or used to amplify electromagnetic radiation by simulated emission which is visible to the human eye. (Ord. 2418-99 § 2, 1999)
10.17.020 Prohibited.
A. A person is guilty of unlawful discharge of a laser in the second degree if he or she knowingly and maliciously discharges a laser, under circumstances not amounting to unlawful discharge of a laser in the first degree or malicious mischief in the first or second degree, as provided in RCW Title 9A:
1. At a person, not described in section 3(1)(a) through (f) of Chapter 180, Laws of 1999, who is operating a motor vehicle at the time, causing an impairment of the safety or operation of a motor vehicle by negatively affecting the driver; or
2. At a person described in section 3(1)(b) through (f) of Chapter 180, Laws of 1999, causing a substantial risk of an impairment or interruption as described in Section 3(1)(b) through (f) of Chapter 180, Laws of 1999; or
3. At a person in order to intimidate or threaten that person.
B. Except as provided in Section 10.17.030 of this chapter, unlawful discharge of a laser in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor. (Ord. 2418-99 § 3, 1999)
10.17.030 Violations by juveniles.
Unlawful discharge of a laser in the first degree or second degree is a civil infraction if committed by a juvenile who has not before committed either offense. The monetary penalty imposed upon a juvenile may not exceed one hundred dollars. (Ord. 2418-99 § 4, 1999)
10.17.040 Exemption.
This chapter does not apply to the conduct of a laser development activity by or on behalf of the United States armed forces. (Ord. 2418-99 § 5, 1999)