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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 866

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Grimm, Scott and Cole

Read first time 2/8/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle safety equipment; and adding a new section 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 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

          No passenger car or light truck may be offered for sale or sold as a new vehicle in the state of Washington without compliance with the automatic occupant restraint requirements of FMVSS 208, as amended July 17, 1984, as set forth at 49 CFR 571.208, and according to the compliance schedule therein, without regard to whether two-thirds of the population of the United States is subject to a mandatory use seatbelt law by September 1, 1986.

          "Light truck" for the purpose of this section means any motor truck rated by the manufacturer as three-quarter ton or less.