CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1270

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 19, 1995   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 7, 1995   Yeas 41   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1270 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1270

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                             AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                     Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Benton, Sheldon, Pennington, Basich, Chappell, Kessler, Schoesler, Boldt, Hatfield, Stevens and Johnson)

Read first time 02/17/95.

Excusing small tree harvesters from the commercial driver's license requirements.

     AN ACT Relating to farm vehicle exceptions to commercial driver's license requirements; and amending RCW 46.25.050.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 46.25.050 and 1990 c 56 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     (1) Drivers of commercial motor vehicles shall obtain a commercial driver's license as required under this chapter by April 1, 1992.  The director shall establish a program to convert all qualified commercial motor vehicle drivers by that date.  After April 1, 1992, except when driving under a commercial driver's instruction permit and a valid automobile or classified license and accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the vehicle being driven, no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle unless the person holds and is in immediate possession of a commercial driver's license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle they are driving.  However, this requirement does not apply to any person:

     (a) Who is the operator of a farm vehicle, and the vehicle is:

     (i) Controlled and operated by a farmer;

     (ii) Used to transport either agricultural products, which in this section include Christmas trees and wood products harvested from private tree farms and transported by vehicles weighing no more than forty thousand pounds licensed gross vehicle weight, farm machinery, farm supplies, or any combination of those materials to or from a farm;

     (iii) Not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier; and

     (iv) Used within one hundred fifty miles of the person's farm; or

     (b) Who is a fire fighter or law enforcement officer operating emergency equipment, and:

     (i) The fire fighter or law enforcement officer has successfully completed a driver training course approved by the director; and

     (ii) The fire fighter or law enforcement officer carries a certificate attesting to the successful completion of the approved training course; or

     (c) Who is operating a recreational vehicle for noncommercial purposes.  As used in this section, "recreational vehicle" includes a vehicle towing a horse trailer for a noncommercial purpose.

     (2) No person may drive a commercial motor vehicle while his or her driving privilege is suspended, revoked, or canceled, while subject to disqualification, or in violation of an out-of-service order.  Violations of this subsection shall be punished in the same way as violations of RCW 46.20.342(1).

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