WSR 99-02-045
PERMANENT RULES
WASHINGTON STATE PATROL
[Filed January 4, 1999, 12:41 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: December 23, 1998.
Purpose: To amend WAC 204-80-020 Scope (standards for headlamp flashing systems) to add "licensed ambulance companies" to the list of authorized emergency vehicles covered by this chapter.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 204-80-020 Scope, standards for headlamp flashing systems.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.37.005, 46.37.280, and 46.37.310.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-23-040 on November 10, 1998.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
December 30, 1998
R. M. Leichner
for Annette M. Sandberg
Chief
OTS-2417.2
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 81-08-02, filed 8/21/81)
WAC 204-80-020 Scope. This standard applies to headlamp
flashing systems for authorized emergency vehicles owned and
operated by law enforcement agencies ((and)), licensed ambulance
companies, and fire departments.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.37.005, 46.37.194, 46.37.280, 46.37.310, 46.37.320 and 46.37.380. 81-18-008 (Order 81-08-02), § 204-80-020, filed 8/21/81.]