Z-1187 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL NO. 1519
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C 080 L 86
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1986 Regular Session
By Representatives Walk, Schmidt and Gallagher; by request of Department of Licensing
Read first time 1/17/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to driver training schools; and amending RCW 46.82.280 and 46.82.320.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 1, chapter 51, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 46.82.280 are each amended to read as follows:
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout this chapter.
(1)
"Driver training school" means a commercial driver training school
engaged in the business of giving instruction, for a fee, in the operation of
automobiles ((or motorcycles)).
(2) "Director" means the director of the department of licensing of the state of Washington.
(3) "Advisory committee" means the driving instructors' advisory committee as created in this chapter.
(4) "Fraudulent practices" means any conduct or representation on the part of a licensee under this chapter tending to induce anyone to believe, or to give the impression, that a license to operate a motor vehicle or any other license granted by the director may be obtained by any means other than those prescribed by law, or furnishing or obtaining the same by illegal or improper means, or requesting, accepting, or collecting money for such purposes.
(5)
"Instructor" means any person employed by a driver training school to
instruct persons in the operation of automobiles ((or motorcycles)).
(6) "Place of business" means a designated location at which the business of a driver training school is transacted and its records are kept.
(7) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, or association.
Sec. 2. Section 5, chapter 51, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. and RCW 46.82.320 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) No
person, including the owner, operator, partner, officer, or stockholder of a
driver training school shall give instruction in the operation of an automobile
((or motorcycle)) for a fee without a license issued by the director for
that purpose. An application for an instructor's license shall be filed with
the director, containing such information as prescribed by the director,
accompanied by an application fee of twenty-five dollars which shall in no
event be refunded. If the application is approved by the director and the
applicant satisfactorily meets the examination requirements as prescribed in
RCW 46.82.330, the applicant shall be granted a license valid for a period of
one year from the date of issuance.
(2) The annual fee for renewal of an instructor's license shall be five dollars. The director shall issue a license certificate to each licensee which shall be conspicuously displayed in the place of business of the employing driver training school. Unless revoked, canceled, or denied by the director, the license shall remain the property of the licensee in the event of termination of employment or employment by another driver training school. If a renewal application has not been received by the director within sixty days from the date a notice of license expiration was mailed to the licensee, the license will be voided requiring a new application as provided for in this chapter, including examination and payment of all fees.
(3) Persons who qualify under the rules jointly adopted by the superintendent of public instruction and the director of licensing to teach only the laboratory phase, shall be subject to a ten dollar examination fee.
(4) Each licensee shall be provided with a wallet-size identification card by the director at the time the license is issued which shall be carried on the instructor's person at all times while engaged in instructing.
(5) The person to whom an instructor's license has been issued shall notify the director in writing within thirty days of any change of employment or termination of employment, providing the name and address of the new driver training school by whom the instructor will be employed.