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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4536

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer, Peterson, Patterson and Granlund

Read first time 1/15/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle registration; amending RCW 46.16.028; and prescribing penalties.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 353, Laws of 1985 and RCW 46.16.028 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) For the purposes of vehicle license registration, a resident is a person who:

          (a) Owns a vehicle that is licensable under this chapter and that is physically present in the state of Washington more than six months in any continuous twelve-month period; or

          (b) Resides in this state more than six months in any continuous twelve-month period; or

(c) Becomes a registered voter in this state; or

          (d) Receives benefits under one of the Washington public assistance programs; or

          (e) Declares himself to be a resident for the purpose of obtaining a state license or tuition fees at resident rates.

          (2) A resident of the state shall register under chapters 46.12 and 46.16 RCW a motor vehicle to be operated on the highways of the state.

          (3) ((It)) Failure to make initial registration in accordance with this section is a misdemeanor ((for a person to violate this section)), and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by a fine of two hundred sixty-five dollars, no part of which may be suspended or deferred.  Failure to renew an expired registration in accordance with this section is a traffic infraction.