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HOUSE BILL 2700
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representative Johanson
Read first time 01/21/94. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to the exemption of county and municipal law enforcement agencies from license plate requirements; amending RCW 46.16.006; and adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.006 and 1992 c 222 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The term "registration year" for the purposes of chapters 46.16, 82.44, and 82.50 RCW means the effective period of a vehicle license issued by the department. Such year commences at 12:01 a.m. on the date of the calendar year designated by the department and ends at 12:01 a.m. on the same date of the next succeeding calendar year. If a vehicle license previously issued in this state has expired and is renewed with a different registered owner, a new registration year is deemed to commence upon the date the expired license is renewed in order that the renewed license be useable for a full twelve-month period.
(2) Each registration year may be divided into twelve registration months. Each registration month commences on the day numerically corresponding to the day of the calendar month on which the registration year begins, and terminates on the numerically corresponding day of the next succeeding calendar month.
(3) Where the term "last day of the month" is used in chapters 46.16, 82.44, and 82.50 RCW in lieu of a specified day of any calendar month it means the last day of such calendar month or months irrespective of the numerical designation of that day.
(4) If the final day of a registration year or month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, such period extends through the end of the next business day.
(5) "Title purpose only number" as used in this chapter means the number assigned to a certificate of title where a certificate of registration is not issued.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:
County and municipal law enforcement agencies are exempt from the vehicle license plate requirements prescribed in this chapter. County and municipal law enforcement agencies may, at their own expense, design, produce, and display a license plate in lieu of a vehicle license plate issued by the department of licensing. However, county and municipal law enforcement agencies are required to display on the law enforcement vehicle, in a manner prescribed by the department, the title purpose only number, as defined in RCW 46.16.006.
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