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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4911

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Peterson, Granlund, Conner and Moore

Read first time 1/23/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to the titling, registration, and licensing of vehicles and vessels; adding a new section to chapter 46.01 RCW; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.01 RCW to read as follows:

          No suit or action may ever be commenced or prosecuted against any county auditor, or against any other government officer or entity, or against any other person, by reason of any act done or omitted to be done in connection with the titling, licensing, or registration of vehicles or vessels while administering duties and responsibilities as an agent of the director of licensing, or as an agent of an agent of the director of licensing, pursuant to RCW 46.01.140.  However, this section does not bar the state of Washington or the director of licensing from bringing any action, whether civil or criminal, against any such agent, nor shall it bar a county auditor or other agent of the director from bringing an action against his or her agent.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Section 1 of this act shall apply retroactively to all claims for which actions have not been filed before the effective date of this act.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.