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HOUSE BILL 1803
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Cooper, Betrozoff, Schmidt, R. Johnson, Zellinsky, R. Fisher, Winsley, Brough and Forner; by request of Legislative Transportation Committee.
Read first time February 11, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to vehicle and driver's licenses; and amending RCW 46.16.040 and 46.20.091.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.040 and 1987 c 244 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
Application
for original vehicle license shall be made on (([a])) a form
furnished for the purpose by the department. Such application shall be made by
the owner of the vehicle or duly authorized agent over the signature of such
owner or agent, and the applicant shall certify that the statements therein are
true to the best of the applicant's knowledge. The application must show:
(1)
Name ((and)), address, and Social Security number of the
owner of the vehicle and, if the vehicle is subject to a security agreement,
the name and address of the secured party;
(2) Trade name of the vehicle, model, year, type of body, the identification number thereof;
(3) The power to be used--whether electric, steam, gas or other power;
(4) The purpose for which said vehicle is to be used and the nature of the license required;
(5) The licensed gross weight for such vehicle which in the case of for hire vehicles and auto stages with seating capacity of more than six shall be the adult seating capacity thereof, including the operator, as provided for in RCW 46.16.111. In the case of motor trucks, tractors, and truck tractors, the licensed gross weight shall be the gross weight declared by the applicant pursuant to the provisions of RCW 46.16.111;
(6) The unladen weight of such vehicle, if it be a motor truck or trailer, which shall be the shipping weight thereof as given by the manufacturer thereof unless another weight is shown by weight slip verified by a certified weighmaster, which slip shall be attached to the original application;
(7) Such other information as shall be required upon such application by the department.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.20.091 and 1990 c 250 s 35 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Every application for an instruction permit or for an original driver's license shall be made upon a form prescribed and furnished by the department which shall be sworn to and signed by the applicant before a person authorized to administer oaths. Every application for an instruction permit containing a photograph shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars. The department shall forthwith transmit the fees collected for instruction permits and temporary drivers' permits to the state treasurer.
(2) Every such application shall state the full name, date of birth, sex, Social Security number, and Washington residence address of the applicant, and briefly describe the applicant, and shall state whether the applicant has theretofore been licensed as a driver or chauffeur, and, if so, when and by what state or country, and whether any such license has ever been suspended or revoked, or whether an application has ever been refused, and, if so, the date of and reason for such suspension, revocation, or refusal, and shall state such additional information as the department shall require.
(3) Whenever application is received from a person previously licensed in another jurisdiction, the department shall request a copy of such driver's record from such other jurisdiction. When received, the driving record shall become a part of the driver's record in this state.
(4) Whenever the department receives request for a driving record from another licensing jurisdiction, the record shall be forwarded without charge if the other licensing jurisdiction extends the same privilege to the state of Washington. Otherwise there shall be a reasonable charge for transmittal of the record, the amount to be fixed by the director of the department.