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                          HOUSE BILL 2434

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Pennington, Delvin, Mielke and L. Thomas

Read first time 01/14/98.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Increasing maximum height for motorcycle handlebars.

    AN ACT Relating to motorcycle handlebars; and amending RCW 46.61.611.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.611 and 1967 c 232 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

    No person shall operate on a public highway a motorcycle in which the handlebars or grips are more than ((fifteen)) thirty inches higher than the seat or saddle for the operator.

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