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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1124

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Heavey and Zellinsky

Read first time 01/15/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Prohibiting crowding in ferry vehicle lines.

          AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:

          It is a traffic infraction for a driver of a motor vehicle intending to board a Washington state ferry, to move in front of another vehicle in a queue already waiting to board the ferry without the authorization of a state ferry system employee.

          Vehicles qualifying for preferential loading privileges under rules adopted by the department of transportation are exempt from this section.

          Enforcement of this section shall be carried out in accordance with RCW 47.60.275.

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