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A new chapter is added to the Everett Criminal Code, EMC title 10, to be entitled <br /> "Unlawful Transit Conduct." References to "Unlawful Bus Conduct" in any City <br /> code, regulation or elsewhere shall be amended to read "Unlawful Transit <br /> Conduct." <br /> Section 2. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 1895-92, as amended by Section 1 of <br /> Ordinance No. 2064-95 (EMC 10.49.010), which reads: <br /> Unlawful acts designated. <br /> A. A person is guilty of unlawful bus conduct if while on or in a municipal <br /> transit vehicle as defined by RCW 46.04.355 or in or at a municipal transit <br /> station and with knowledge that such conduct is prohibited, he or she: <br /> 1. Except while in or at a municipal transit station, smokes or carries a <br /> lighted or smoldering pipe, cigar, or cigarette; or <br /> 2. Discards litter other than in designated receptacles; or <br /> 3. Plays any radio, recorder, or other sound-producing equipment, <br /> except that nothing herein shall prohibit the use of such equipment <br /> when connected to earphones that limit the sound to individual <br /> listeners or the use of a communication device by an employee of the <br /> owner or operator of the municipal transit vehicle or municipal transit <br /> station; or <br /> 4. Spits or expectorates; or <br /> 5. Carries any flammable liquid, explosive, acid, or other article or <br /> material likely to cause harm to others except that nothing herein shall <br /> prevent a person from carrying a cigarette, cigar, or pipe lighter or <br /> carrying a firearm or ammunition in a way that is not otherwise <br /> prohibited by law; or <br /> 6. Intentionally obstructs or impedes the flow of municipal transit <br /> vehicles or passenger traffic, hinders or prevents access to municipal <br /> transit vehicles or stations, or otherwise unlawfully interferes with the <br /> provision or use of public transportation services; or <br /> 7. Intentionally disturbs others by engaging in loud, raucous, unruly, <br /> harmful, or harassing behavior; or <br /> 8. Destroys, defaces, or otherwise damages property of a municipality <br /> as defined in RCW 35.58.272 employed in the provision or use of <br /> public transportation services. <br /> B. For the purposes of this section, "municipal transit station" means all <br /> facilities, structures, lands, interest in lands, air rights over lands, and <br /> rights-of-way of all kinds that are owned, leased, held, or used by a <br /> municipality as defined in RCW 35.58.272 for the purpose of providing <br /> 2 <br />