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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1919
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Financial Institutions & Insurance (originally sponsored by Representatives Valle, Dellwo, Sprenkle, Scott, Winsley, Prentice, Rasmussen, Bowman and Leonard).
Read first time March 6, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle insurance and safety courses; amending RCW 28A.220.900; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.220 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.220.900 and 1969 ex.s. c 218 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
It is the purpose of this act to provide the financial assistance necessary to enable each high school district to offer a course in traffic safety education and by that means to develop in the youth of this state a knowledge of the motor vehicle laws, an acceptance of personal responsibility on the public highways, and an understanding of the causes and consequences of traffic accidents, with an emphasis on the consequences, both physical and legal, of the use of drugs or alcohol in relation to operating a motor vehicle. The course in traffic safety education shall further provide to the youthful drivers of this state training in the skills necessary for the safe operation of motor vehicles.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.220 RCW to read as follows:
The superintendent of public instruction shall include information on the effects of alcohol and drug use on motor vehicle operators, including information on drug and alcohol related traffic injury and mortality rates in the state of Washington, and current penalties for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in instructional material used in traffic safety education courses.