CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5384

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1999   YEAS 41   NAYS 3 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 1999   YEAS 89   NAYS 2

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5384 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 5384

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Heavey, Benton, Haugen and Horn; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time 01/21/1999.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Phasing in lightweight tire studs.

    AN ACT Relating to studded tires; adding a new section to chapter 46.04 RCW; and adding new sections to chapter 46.37 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.04 RCW to read as follows:

    "Lightweight stud" means a stud intended for installation and use in a vehicle tire.  As used in this title, this means a stud that is recommended by the manufacturer of the tire for the type and size of the tire and that:

    (1) Weighs no more than 1.5 grams if the stud conforms to Tire Stud Manufacturing Institute (TSMI) stud size 14 or less;

    (2) Weighs no more than 2.3 grams if the stud conforms to TSMI stud size 15 or 16; or

    (3) Weighs no more than 3.0 grams if the stud conforms to TSMI stud size 17 or larger.

    A lightweight stud may contain any materials necessary to achieve the lighter weight.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

    Beginning January 1, 2000, a person offering to sell to a tire dealer conducting business in the state of Washington, a metal flange or cleat intended for installation as a stud in a vehicle tire shall certify that the studs are lightweight studs as defined in section 1 of this act.  Certification must be accomplished by clearly marking the boxes or containers used to ship and store studs with the designation "lightweight."  This section does not apply to tires or studs in a wholesaler's existing inventory as of January 1, 2000.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

    Beginning July 1, 2001, a person may not sell a studded tire or sell a stud for installation in a tire unless the stud qualifies as a lightweight stud under section 1 of this act.

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