CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City's criminal code; conforming the Seattle Municipal Code with changes in state law and making technical corrections; adding a new Section 12A.06.095 to the Seattle Municipal Code; amending Sections 3.33.020, 12A.06.187, 12A.06.195, 12A.09.020, 12A.12.040, 12A.14.075, and 12A.14.170 of the Seattle Municipal Code; and repealing Sections 12A.06.045, 12A.08.120, and 12A.08.130 of the Seattle Municipal Code.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3.33.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code, last amended by Ordinance 125881, is amended as follows:
3.33.020 Jurisdiction-Authority
The Municipal Court has jurisdiction to try violations of all City ordinances and all other actions brought to enforce or recover license penalties or forfeitures declared or given by any such ordinances. It is empowered to forfeit cash bail or bail bonds and issue execution thereon, to hear and determine all causes, civil or criminal, arising under such ordinances, and to pronounce judgment in accordance therewith; provided, that for a violation of the criminal provisions of an ordinance no greater punishment shall be imposed than is authorized by state law. Judges of the Municipal Court shall not defer sentence for an offense sentenced under Section 11.56.025. As authorized by RCW 35.20.255, the period of probation shall not extend for more than five years from the date of conviction for a defendant sentenced under Section 11.56.025 or for a domestic violence crime, which includes any non-felony crime listed in RCW 10.99.020, and the following crimes when committed by one family or household member, as that term is defined in Section ((12A.06.120)) 12A.09.020, against another: Assault, Stalking, and Violation of an Order under Section 12A.09.020, Reckless Endangerment under Section 12A.06.050, Coercion under Section 12A.06.090, Interfering wi...
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