FINAL BILL REPORT

                      HB 1878

                                 C 140 L 91

                            Synopsis As Enacted

Brief Description:  Establishing minimum requirements for dealers' plates.

By Representatives Cooper, Betrozoff, R. Meyers, Day, Prince and Haugen.

House Committee on Transportation

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:  The Department of Licensing (DOL) is responsible for issuing vehicle dealer license plates to vehicle dealers and manufacturers who are licensed with DOL.

There are limitations on the use of dealer plates.  However, there are no minimum vehicle sales limits established for vehicle dealers in order to qualify for dealer plates.

Summary:  The Department of Licensing (DOL) is not to issue a dealer plate to any vehicle dealer selling fewer than five vehicles annually.

DOL is to limit the number of dealer plates to 6 percent of the vehicles sold during the previous license period.

Criteria are added for the use of manufacturers' license plates.

Dealers and manufacturers are to report the number of vehicles sold in the previous year.

Votes on Final Passage:

House 96    0

Senate   44    0

Effective:     July 28, 1991