Laserfiche WebLink
EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET <br /> PROJECT TITLE: Cl �L [___ 1 <br /> An Ordinance Relating to Briefing COUNCIL BILL# �.1� '�'"" <br /> Disclosing Intimate Images, Proposed Action Originating Department Legal <br /> Amending and Adding a New Consent Contact Person Flora Diaz <br /> Section to Ordinance No. Action Phone Number 425-257-7012 <br /> 1145-85 as amended(Chapter First Reading FOR AGENDA OF April 27, 2016 <br /> 10.18 EMC), and Amending Second Reading <br /> Ordinance No. 1521-88 as Third Reading <br /> amended (Section 10.23.050 Public Hearing <br /> EMC) Initialed by: <br /> Department Head <br /> CAA <br /> Council President <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Det artment(s) Auiproval <br /> Ordinance Legal <br /> (final, redlined) <br /> Amount Budgeted -0- <br /> Expenditure Required -0- Account Number(s): <br /> Budget Remaining -0- <br /> Additional Required -0- <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> This proposed ordinance adopts into the Everett Municipal Code(EMC) a new gross misdemeanor crime created in the <br /> 2015. legislative session (RCW 9A.86.010) regarding,the wrongful disclosure of intimate images, colloquially referred to <br /> as "revenge pornography." <br /> A a gross misdemeanor, it is punishable by a maximum penalty of 364 days in jail and a 53.,000.00 fine. <br /> This proposed ordinance would also incorporate the new wrongful disclosure of intimate images crime into the <br /> City's definition of Harassment (EMC 10.23.050). This means that the municipal court may better protect the <br /> public by issuing protection orders restrainin6 a person charged with the crime of wrongful disclosure of <br /> y <br /> intimate. images from contacting the victim. <br /> Finally. this a'ol_ _._clordinance would adopt a ne,v misdemeanor crime pursuant to El\IP 10.l 8.020 ror <br />