CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1262

                   Chapter 276, Laws of 1991

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

       TOW TRUCK HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND LENGTH RESTRICTIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/28/91

Passed by the House March 11, 1991

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

              JOE KING             

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 11, 1991

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

           JOEL PRITCHARD          

President of the Senate

Approved May 20, 1991

           BOOTH GARDNER           

Governor of the State of Washington

CERTIFICATE

I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1262 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

            ALAN THOMPSON             Chief Clerk

                                     FILED         

                 May 20, 1991 - 10:49 a.m.

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  

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                                  HOUSE BILL 1262

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                             AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Zellinsky, Lisk, R. Meyers, Van Luven, Ferguson, Prentice, Chandler, Orr, Bowman, Prince, Day, Cooper, R. Fisher, Betrozoff, Cantwell, Forner, Paris, Wilson, P. Johnson, Fuhrman, Winsley, Hochstatter, Nealey, Wynne, D. Sommers, Broback, Wood, Morton, Horn, Mielke, Brough, Miller, Jacobsen and Silver.

Read first time January 25, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Lessening emergency service tow truck restrictions.

     AN ACT Relating to weight, height, and length exemptions for tow trucks operated by registered tow truck operators; and adding a new section to chapter 46.44 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.44 RCW to read as follows:

     The limitations of RCW 46.44.010, 46.44.020, 46.44.030, 46.44.034, 46.44.041, 46.44.042, 46.44.050, and 46.44.080 do not apply to the movement of a tow truck, as defined in RCW 46.55.010, if the tow truck is performing the initial tow truck service, as defined in RCW 46.55.010, regardless of the destination, for a vehicle disabled on the public streets and highways of this state:  PROVIDED, That an overweight permit has been obtained by the tow truck operator with such permit being available on a twenty-four hour basis by telephone.

     Passed the House March 11, 1991.

     Passed the Senate April 11, 1991.

Approved by the Governor May 20, 1991.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 1991.