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                                                     SENATE BILL 5101

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Senator Vognild

Read first time 01/13/93.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Adjusting certain motorcycle-related fees.

          AN ACT Relating to motorcycle fees; and amending RCW 46.20.505 and 46.81A.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 46.20.505 and 1989 c 203 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

          Every person applying for a special endorsement or a new category of endorsement of a driver's license authorizing such person to drive a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle shall pay an examination fee of two dollars which is not refundable.  In addition, the endorsement fee for the initial or new category motorcycle endorsement shall be six dollars and the subsequent renewal endorsement fee shall be ((seven)) twenty dollars ((and fifty cents)).  The initial or new category and renewal endorsement fees shall be deposited in the motorcycle safety education account of the highway safety fund.

        Sec. 2.  RCW 46.81A.020 and 1988 c 227 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

          (1) The director shall administer and enforce the law pertaining to the motorcycle skills education program as set forth in this chapter.

          (2) The director may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that are consistent with this chapter.

          (3) The director shall revise the Washington motorcycle safety program to:

          (a) Institute a motorcycle skills education course for both novice and advanced motorcycle riders that is a minimum of eight hours and no more than sixteen hours at a cost of no more than ((thirty)) seventy-five dollars;

          (b) Encourage the use of loaned or used motorcycles for use in the motorcycle skills education course if the instructor approves them;

          (c) Require all instructors to conduct at least three classes in a one-year period to maintain their teaching eligibility;

          (d) Encourage the use of radio or intercom equipped helmets when, in the opinion of the instructor, radio or intercom equipped helmets improve the quality of instruction;

          (e) Require a biennial report to be submitted to the legislative transportation committee that includes the following:

          (i) A narrative history of the program;

          (ii) Current biennium program appropriations versus actual program expenditures;

          (iii) Historical enrollment statistics and enrollment forecasts;

          (iv) Comparative data evaluating motorcycle traffic statistics of program graduates versus nongraduates;

          (v) Data on the age of the enrollees;

          (vi) Statistical information regarding general trends in motorcycle ridership in Washington state;

          (vii) The number of courses offered throughout the biennium;

          (viii) Information on course dropout rates.

          (4) The department shall obtain and compile information from applicants for a motorcycle endorsement regarding whether they have completed a state approved motorcycle skills education course.  This information shall be used for the report required by subsection (3)(e) of this section.

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