more terror in WA state

Leslilake1 at aol.com Leslilake1 at aol.com
Sat Jan 5 17:24:26 PST 2002


This legislation does not seem directed against the likes of OBL...See highlighted portions....

"text of the bill and highlights"

http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/House/2275-2299/2293_12312001.txt

Sec. 3. DEFINITIONS. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Terrorist act" means any violent act, or the threat of any violent act, including mass destruction, bombings, arson, kidnapping, and assassination, against persons or property, that is intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, affect or influence the policy of any branch or level of government by intimidation or coercion, affect or influence the conduct of a civilian population or any branch or level of government by intimidation or coercion, or exact revenge, retribution, or retaliation against a civilian population for the conduct of the population or against any branch or level of government for a policy or conduct of the government.

2) "Terrorist organization" means any corporation, company, partnership, association, trust, foundation, fund, club, society, committee, or other group of two or more persons, whether or not incorporated, permanently or temporarily associated together that knowingly, or with reason to know, is engaged in the commission, instigation, planning, preparation, aiding, or financing of any terrorist act.

(3) "Terrorist" means any person who knowingly, or with reason to know, is engaged in the commission, instigation, planning, preparation, aiding, or financing of any terrorist act.

Sec. 4. CRIMINAL TERRORISM.

(1) Any person who, with intent that his or her terrorist act shall, or with reason to believe that his or her terrorist act may, injure, harm, interfere with, interrupt, supplant, nullify, impair, hinder, impede, encumber, or obstruct the owner's or operator's management, operation, possession, use, or control of any agricultural, stock raising, lumbering, mining, quarrying, fishing, manufacturing, transportation, mercantile, computer, animal, research, or building business or commercial network or enterprise, or any other public or private business or commercial network or enterprise, wherein any person is employed for wage, shall willfully damage or destroy, or attempt or threaten to damage or destroy, any property whatsoever, or shall unlawfully take or retain, or attempt or threaten unlawfully to take or retain, possession or control of any property, instrumentality, machine, mechanism, appliance, mineral, plant, or animal used in such business or commercial network or enterprise, is guilty of criminal terrorism.

(2) Criminal terrorism is a class A felony.

Sec. 12. ASSEMBLAGE OF TERRORISTS. It is unlawful for two or more persons to assemble for the purpose of committing, instigating, planning, preparing, aiding, or financing a terrorist act, and every person voluntarily and knowingly participating therein by his or her presence or assistance for such purpose, is guilty of a class C felony.

Sec. 19. RCW 42.17.310 and 2001 c 278 s 1, 2001 c 98 s 2, and 2001 c 70 s 1 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows: (1) The following are exempt from public inspection and copying: ...(ed - loooooong list of non-public documents) (ww) Those portions of records containing specific and unique vulnerability assessments or specific and unique response plans, either of which is intended to prevent or mitigate criminal terrorist acts as defined in (({- RCW 70.74.285 -})) {+ section 3 of this act +}, the public disclosure of which would have a substantial likelihood of threatening public safety.



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