CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5274

Chapter 33, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



MOTORCYCLE EDUCATION--PRIVATE PROGRAMS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/13

Passed by the Senate March 4, 2013
  YEAS 49   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
________________________________________    
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 11, 2013
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
________________________________________    
Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5274 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

HUNTER G. GOODMAN
________________________________________    
Secretary
Approved April 22, 2013, 3:32 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
________________________________________    
Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 23, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


_____________________________________________ 

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5274
_____________________________________________

Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Senate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Carrell, Eide, King, Harper, Hill, and Shin)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/13.   



     AN ACT Relating to private motorcycle skills education programs; amending RCW 46.81A.020; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.81A.020 and 2007 c 97 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The director shall administer and enforce the law pertaining to the motorcycle skills education program as set forth in this chapter.
     (2) The director may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that are consistent with this chapter.
     (3) The director shall revise the Washington motorcycle safety program to:
     (a) Institute separate novice and advanced motorcycle skills education courses for both two-wheeled and three-wheeled motorcycles that are each a minimum of eight hours and no more than sixteen hours at a cost, except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, of (i) no more than fifty dollars for Washington state residents under the age of eighteen, and (ii) no more than one hundred twenty-five dollars for Washington state residents who are eighteen years of age or older and military personnel of any age stationed in Washington state;
     (b) Encourage the use of loaned or used motorcycles for use in the motorcycle skills education course if the instructor approves them;
     (c) Require all instructors for two-wheeled motorcycles to conduct at least three classes in a one-year period, and all instructors for three-wheeled motorcycles to conduct at least one class in a one-year period, to maintain their teaching eligibility.
     (4) The department may enter into agreements to review and certify that a private motorcycle skills education course meets educational standards equivalent to those required of courses conducted under the motorcycle skills education program. An agreement entered into under this subsection must provide that the department may conduct periodic audits to ensure that educational standards continue to meet those required for courses conducted under the motorcycle skills education program, and that the costs of the review, certification, and audit process will be borne by the party seeking certification.
     (5) Subject to the requirements provided in this subsection, the department must allow private motorcycle skills education programs to offer motorcycle safety education where students pay the full cost for the training. After the department has reviewed and certified that a private motorcycle skills education course proposed under this subsection meets educational standards equivalent to those offered under subsection (3)(a) of this section, the department must enter into an agreement with the private motorcycle skills education program. An agreement entered into under this subsection must provide that (a) the department may conduct periodic audits to ensure that educational standards continue to meet those of other programs approved by the department, and (b) the costs of the review, certification, and audit process will be borne by the program seeking certification.
     (6)
The department shall obtain and compile information from applicants for a motorcycle endorsement regarding whether they have completed a state approved or certified motorcycle skills education course.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2013.


         Passed by the Senate March 4, 2013.
         Passed by the House April 11, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor April 22, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 23, 2013.