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10.111°
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 2318-98
<br /> AN ORDINANCE relating to drug paraphernalia, adding a new section to Everett
<br /> Municipal Code Chapter 10.35 -Drug Paraphernalia and Marijuana.
<br /> WHEREAS, the 1998 Washington State Legislature added a new civil infraction of selling or
<br /> giving drug paraphernalia to another person, under circumstances where it cannot be proven that
<br /> the person selling or giving the drug paraphernalia knows, or reasonably should know, that it
<br /> would be used for an unlawful purpose; and
<br /> WHEREAS,the City of Everett City Council deems it appropriate for the Everett City Code to be
<br /> consistent with state law in this area.
<br /> NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN:
<br /> Section 1: A new section is hereby added to Everett Municipal Code Chapter 10.35 -Drug
<br /> Paraphernalia and Marijuana, to read as follows:
<br /> A. Every person who sells or gives, or permits to be sold or given to any person any drug
<br /> paraphernalia in any form commits a civil infraction punishable by a fine of not more than five
<br /> hundred dollars.
<br /> B. For purposes of this section, "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and
<br /> materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting,
<br /> propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting,
<br /> producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing,
<br /> concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a
<br /> controlled substance. Drug paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to objects used, intended for
<br /> use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana, cocaine,
<br /> hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as:
<br /> 1. Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipe with or without screens,
<br /> permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls;
<br /> 2. Water pipes;
<br /> 3. Carburetion tubes and devices;
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