TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Executive
Lisa Maher
425-556-2427
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Executive
Rebecca Mueller
Supervising Prosecuting Attorney
TITLE:
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Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Redmond Municipal Code (RMC) 9.34.030 and Repealing 9.34.060
a. Ordinance No. 3094: An Ordinance of the City of Redmond, Washington Amending RMC 9.34.030 to Delete Adoption of Outdated Sections of the Revised Code of Washington Regarding Domestic Violence Protective Order Orders and to Adopt Certain Provisions of Chapter 7.105 RCW Related to the Violation of Civil Protection Orders; Repealing RMC 9.34.060 and Providing for Severability and Establishing an Effective Date
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
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Section 170 of Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill (ESSHB) 1320 that repealed Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter 26.50 in its entirety effective July 1, 2022, and enacted a new RCW chapter 7.105, including new RCW sections that continue to define a violation of civil protection orders as a crime. These new sections of RCW chapter 7.105 will define the order violations previously made illegal by RCW 26.50 as previously adopted as a crime against the City of Redmond in RMC 9.34.030.
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? Additional Background Information/Description of Proposal Attached
REQUESTED ACTION:
? Receive Information ? Provide Direction ? Approve
REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
Community Strategic Plan
* Required:
The Council must approve an ordinance amending Redmond Municipal Code 94.34.030.
* Council Request:
N/A
* Other Key Facts:
In order to remain consistent with Washington law, RMC 94.34.030 should be amended to appropriate enforce domestic violence laws.
OUTCOMES:
Granting this proposal allows the City of Redmond to continue to appropriately enforce domestic violence laws and civil protection orders. It will maintain the City Council's previous adoption by reference of certain sections ...
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