CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 10, 2000   Yeas 91   Nays 6 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000   Yeas 34   Nays 14	CERTIFICATE We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Cairnes and Hatfield)

Read first time 02/03/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Adjusting RV size limits.

    AN ACT Relating to recreational vehicles; and amending RCW 46.44.030.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.44.030 and 1995 c 26 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    It is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state any vehicle having an overall length, with or without load, in excess of forty feet.  This restriction does not apply to (1) a municipal transit vehicle, (2) auto stage, private carrier bus ((or)), school bus, or motor home with an overall length not to exceed forty-six feet, or (3) an articulated auto stage with an overall length not to exceed sixty-one feet.

    It is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state any combination consisting of a tractor and semitrailer that has a semitrailer length in excess of fifty-three feet or a combination consisting of a tractor and two trailers in which the combined length of the trailers exceeds sixty-one feet, with or without load.

    It is unlawful for any person to operate on the highways of this state any combination consisting of a truck and trailer, or log truck and stinger-steered pole trailer, with an overall length, with or without load, in excess of seventy-five feet.  However, a combination of vehicles transporting automobiles or boats may have a front overhang of three feet and a rear overhang of four feet beyond this allowed length.  "Stinger-steered," as used in this section, means the coupling device is located behind the tread of the tires of the last axle of the towing vehicle.

    These length limitations do not apply to vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural nature that cannot be dismembered and operated by a public utility when required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties, but in respect to night transportation every such vehicle and load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.

    The length limitations described in this section are exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices, such as mud flaps and splash and spray suppressant devices, refrigeration units or air compressors, and other devices that the department determines to be necessary for safe and efficient operation of commercial vehicles.  No device excluded under this paragraph from the limitations of this section may have, by its design or use, the capability to carry cargo.

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