Date Adopted: December 11, 2003.

     Purpose: To add a motorcycle construction warning sign to the Washington State Modifications to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 47.36.200.

     Other Authority: RCW 47.36.030.

     Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

     Reasons for this Finding: SSB 5457 was passed during the 2003 legislative session. It requires the Washington State Department of Transportation to adopt by rule and use a motorcycle warning sign for some construction zones. The law becomes effective January 1, 2004.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

December 11, 2003

John F. Conrad

Assistant Secretary

of Transportation

OTS-6861.1

NEW SECTION
WAC 468-95-315   Motorcycle construction warning signs.   Pursuant to RCW 47.36.200 amend MUTCD Section 6F.15 to include motorcycle construction warning signs:

     A motorcycle construction warning sign shall be diamond shaped with black letters on an orange background. The sign shall read "MOTORCYCLES USE EXTREME CAUTION."

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