2019 Regular Session

BySenators Hobbs, King, and Sheldon

Read first time 01/23/19.Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to parking at rest areas; and amending RCW 47.38.020.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 47.38.020 and 1984 c 7 s 205 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Except where specifically authorized by the department, it is unlawful for any person or persons to stop, stand, or park any vehicle, including but not limited to trailers, campers, and motorcycles, for more than ((eight))four hours within a twenty-four hour period, or for any person or persons to camp or to maintain a camp, tent, or other sleeping accommodation or facility, in any ((rest area or)) safety rest area within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways or other state highways or in other areas of state or interstate highways as designated in RCW 47.12.250. ((This section does not apply to disabled vehicles.))The department may also designate zones within a safety rest area with shorter parking time limits for the purposes of maximum efficiency and safety. Commercial vehicles may park up to an hour beyond federally mandated rest periods.

(2) Except where specifically authorized by the department, it is unlawful for any person or persons to engage in solicitation.

(3) Except where specifically authorized by the department, it is unlawful for any person or persons to stop, stand, or park any disabled vehicle, including but not limited to trailers, campers, and motorcycles, in any safety rest area for more than twenty-four hours, after which time the vehicle is subject to mandatory impoundment under RCW 46.55.080(1).

(4) The department shall post appropriate signage consistent with RCW 46.55.070(1) at all safety rest areas regarding the parking time limits in this section.

(5) The Washington state patrol shall enforce this section consistent with RCW 46.55.080(1), and to the maximum extent practicable.