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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 228

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Peery, Sutherland, Madsen, Nutley, J. King, Baugher, Schoon, Day, Sanders, West, Lewis, Fuhrman, Miller, G. Nelson, J. Williams, Lundquist, L. Smith, van Dyke, May, Bond, Valle, Fisch, Ballard, Taylor and Isaacson

Read first time 1/25/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to the registration of watercraft which are not used on waters subject to federal jurisdiction; and amending RCW 88.02.030.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 16, chapter 7, Laws of 1983 as last amended by section 2, chapter 250, Laws of 1984 and RCW 88.02.030 are each amended to read as follows:

          Vessel registration is required under this chapter except for the following:

          (1) Military or public vessels of the United States, except recreational-type public vessels;

          (2) Vessels owned by a state or subdivision thereof, used principally for governmental purposes and clearly identifiable as such;

          (3) Vessels owned by a resident of a country other than the United States if the vessel is not physically located upon the waters of this state for a period of more than sixty days;

          (4) Vessels owned by a resident of another state if the vessel is registered in accordance with the laws of the state in which the owner resides, but only to the extent that a similar exemption or privilege is granted under the laws of that state for vessels registered in this state:  PROVIDED, That any vessel which is validly registered in another state and which is physically located in this state for a period of more than sixty days is subject to registration under this chapter;

          (5) Vessels used as a ship's lifeboat;

          (6) Vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of less than ten horse power that:

          (a) Are owned by the owner of a vessel for which a valid vessel number has been issued;

          (b) Display the number of that numbered vessel followed by the suffix "1" in the manner prescribed by the department; and

          (c) Are used as a tender for direct transportation between that vessel and the shore and for no other purpose;

           (7) Vessels under sixteen feet in overall length which have no propulsion machinery of any type or which are not used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas beyond the territorial seas for vessels owned in the United States;

          (8) Vessels with no propulsion machinery of any type for which the primary mode of propulsion is human power;

          (9) Vessels which are temporarily in this state undergoing repair or alteration;

          (10) Vessels primarily engaged in commerce which have or are required to have a valid marine document as a vessel of the United States; and

          (11) Vessels primarily engaged in commerce which are owned by a resident of a country other than the United States.