CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5442

 

 

                               

 

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 24, 1991

  Yeas 37   Nays 1

 

 

                                   

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 12, 1991

  Yeas 91   Nays 0

 

 

                                   

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

 

Approved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                   

Governor of the State of Washington

       CERTIFICATE

 

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5442 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

                                      Secretary

 

 

 

                                     FILED         

 

 

 

                                         

 

 

 

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  




 

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                                 SENATE BILL 5442

 

                              AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Senator Moore.

 

Read first time January 31, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.Changing motorcycle instruction permit restrictions.

     AN ACT Relating to motorcycle permit restrictions; and amending RCW 46.20.510.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 46.20.510 and 1989 c 337 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) There shall be three categories for the special motorcycle endorsement of a driver's license.  Category one shall be for motorcycles or motor‑driven cycles having an engine displacement of one hundred fifty cubic centimeters or less.  Category two shall be for motorcycles having an engine displacement of five hundred cubic centimeters or less.  Category three shall include categories one and two, and shall be for motorcycles having an engine displacement of five hundred one cubic centimeters or more.

     (2) The department may issue a motorcyclist's instruction permit for a period not to exceed ninety days to an individual who ((wishes to learn to ride a motorcycle)) has satisfactorily completed a motorcycle rider course approved by the department or wishes to obtain an endorsement of a larger endorsement category ((for a period not to exceed ninety days)).  This motorcyclist's instruction permit may be renewed for an additional ninety days.  The director shall collect a two dollar and fifty cent fee for the motorcyclist's instruction permit or renewal, and the fee shall be deposited in the motorcycle safety education account of the highway safety fund.  This permit and a valid driver's license with current endorsement, if any, shall be carried when operating a motorcycle.  An individual with a motorcyclist's instruction permit may not carry passengers((,)) and may not operate a motorcycle during the hours of darkness or on a fully‑controlled, limited‑access facility, and shall be under the direct visual supervision of a person with a motorcycle endorsement of the appropriate category ((and at least five years' riding experience)).