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2. The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear <br /> that the threat will be carried out. <br /> B. A person who harasses another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. <br /> C. The penalties provided in this section for harassment do not preclude the victim from <br /> seeking any other remedy otherwise available under law. <br /> is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Prohibited - Penalty. <br /> A. A person is guilty of harassment if: <br /> 1. Without lawful authority,the person knowingly threatens: <br /> a. To cause bodily injury immediately or in the future to the person threatened or <br /> to any other person; or <br /> b. To cause physical damage to the property of a person other than the actor; or <br /> c. To subject the person threatened or any other person to physical confinement <br /> or restraint; or <br /> d. Maliciously to do any other act which is intended to substantially harm the <br /> person threatened or another with respect to his or her physical or mental <br /> health or safety; and <br /> 2. The person by words or conduct places the person threatened in reasonable fear <br /> that the threat will be carried out. "Words or conduct" includes, in addition to any other form of <br /> communication or conduct,the sending of an electronic communication. <br /> B. A person who harasses another is guilty of a gross misdemeanor, except that the person is <br /> guilty of a class C felony if either of the following applies: (1) The person has previously been <br /> convicted in this or any other state of any crime of harassment, as defined in RCW 9A.46.060, of <br /> the same victim or members of the victim's family or household or any person specifically <br /> named in a no-contact or no-harassment order; or (2) the person harasses another person under <br /> subsection (A)(1)(a) of this section by threatening to kill the person threatened or any other <br /> person. <br /> C. The penalties provided in this section for harassment do not preclude the victim from <br /> seeking any other remedy otherwise available under law. <br /> Section 3: A new section is added to Everett Municipal Code Chapter 10.02, to read as <br /> follows: <br /> Unlawful Harassment <br /> "Unlawful harassment" means a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific <br /> person which seriously alarms, annoys, harasses, or is detrimental to such person, and which <br /> serves no legitimate or lawful purpose. The course of conduct shall be such as would cause a <br /> reasonable person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and shall actually cause substantial <br /> emotional distress to the petitioner, or, when the course of conduct is contact by a person over <br /> age eighteen that would cause a reasonable parent to fear for the well-being of their child. <br /> 4 <br />