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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE relating to traffic; prohibiting operation of a
motor vehicle without liability insurance or
other financial responsibility; providing for a
traffic infraction, monetary penalty for viola-
tion thereof, display of identification card or
proof of financial responsibility and fixing
penalty for falsification; and enacting Section
9.50.410 and Section 9.50.415 as new sections of
the City of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1: Section 9.50.410 is hereby enacted as a new
section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as fol-
lows:
"9.50.410 Liability insurance or other finan-
cial responsibility required - violations -
exceptions.
A. No person may operate a motor vehicle sub-
ject to registration under chapter 46.16 RCW in
this city unless the person is insured under a
motor vehicle liability policy with liability
limits of at least the amounts provided in RCW
46.29.090, is self-insured as provided in RCW
46.29.550, or is covered by a liability bond of
at least the amounts provided in RCW
46.29.090.
B. A violation of this section constitutes a
traffic infraction punishable by a monetary
penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars unless
a court determines that in the interest of
justice the monetary penalty should be reduced.
In lieu of the monetary penalty, a court may
permit the defendant to perform community ser-
vice designated by the court.
C. If a person cited for a violation of this
section appears in person before the court and
provides written evidence that at the time the
person was cited, he or she was in compliance
with this section, the citation shall be dis-
missed. In lieu of personal appearance, a
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person cited for a violation of this section
may, before the date scheduled for the person's
appearance before the court, submit by mail to
the court written evidence that at the time the
person was cited, he or she was in compliance
with this section, in which case the citation
shall be dismissed.
D. The provisions of this section and Section
9.50.415 shall not govern:
(1) The operation of a motor vehicle registered
under RCW 46.16.310 or 46.16.315, governed by
RCW 46.16.020, registered with the Washington
utilities and Transportation Commission as
common or contract carriers; or
(2) The operation of a motorcycle as defined in
RCW 46.04.330, a motor-driven cycle as defined
in RCW 46.04.332, or a inoped as defined in RCW
46.04.304."
Section 2. Section 9.50.415 is hereby enacted as a new
section of the City of Yakima Municipal Code to read as fol-
lows:
"9.50.415 Display of identification card or
•roof of financial res.onsibilit - .enalt for 411
falsification.
A. Whenever a person operates a motor vehicle
subject to registration under chapter 46.16
RCW, the person shall have in his or her pos-
session an identification card of the type
specified in RCW 46.30.030 and shall display
the card upon demand to a law enforcement offi-
cer.
B. Every person who drives a motor vehicle
required to be registered in another state that
requires drivers and owners of vehicles in that
state to maintain insurance or financial re-
sponsibility shall, when requested by a law
enforcement officer, provide evidence of finan-
cial responsibility or insurance as is required
by the laws of the state in which the vehicle
is registered.
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1 C. Any person who knowingly provides false
evidence of financial responsibility to a law
410 enforcement officer or to a court, including an
expired or canceled insurance policy, bond, or
certificate of deposit is guilty of a misde-
meanor."
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its passage, approval, and publica-
tion as provided by law and by the City Charter.
4VASSED BY .HE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
0 day of AI • , 1990.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
MAY 1 8 1990
Publication Date:
Effective Date: JUN 1 7 1990'
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