HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977-2125 REQUIRING FILING OF ACCIDENT REPORTS. ORDINANCE NO. G2 1.2.5'
AN ORDINANCE relating to motor vehicle traffic control; requiring
filing of accident reports; and amending Section
9.45.020 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
11/ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 9.45.020 of the City of Yakima Munici-
pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9.45.020 Accident reports. The driver of any
vehicle involved in an accident resulting in injury to
or death of any person or damage to the property of any
one person to an apparent extent of three hundred dollars
or more, shall, within twenty-four hours after such
accident, make a written report of such accident to
the Chief of Police on forms furnished by the Chief
of Police, the original of such report to be immediately
forwarded by the authority receiving such report to
the Chief of the Washington State Patrol at Olympia,
Washington, and the second copy of such report to be
forwarded to the Department of Motor Vehicles at Olympia,
Washington, and an additional copy of such report be
retained by the Chief of Police. Supplemental reports
of such accident shall be furnished by witnesses to
such accident to the Chief of the Washington State Patrol
when requested by him in compliance with R.C.W. 46.52.030."
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Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided
by law and by the City Charter.
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PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this 3/
day of Oar , 1977.
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