CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2604

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 6, 1996   Yeas 96   Nays 0 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate February 29, 1996   Yeas 48   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 HOUSE BILL 2604 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

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                                  HOUSE BILL 2604

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                     Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

State of Washington              54th Legislature             1996 Regular Session

By Representatives Silver, R. Fisher, Chopp and Tokuda

Read first time 01/15/96.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Providing vehicle owners' names and addresses to commercial parking companies.

     AN ACT Relating to lists of registered and legal owners of vehicles; and amending RCW 46.12.370.

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

     Sec. 1.  RCW 46.12.370 and 1982 c 215 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     In addition to any other authority which it may have, the department of licensing may furnish lists of registered and legal owners of motor vehicles only for the purposes specified in this section to:

     (1) The manufacturers of motor vehicles, or their authorized agents, to be used to enable those manufacturers to carry out the provisions of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. sec. 1382-1418), including amendments or additions thereto, respecting safety-related defects in motor vehicles;

     (2) Any governmental agency of the United States or Canada, or political subdivisions thereof, to be used by it or by its authorized commercial agents or contractors only in connection with the enforcement of motor vehicle or traffic laws by, or programs related to traffic safety of, that government agency.  Only such parts of the list as are required for completion of the work required of the agent or contractor shall be provided to such agent or contractor; ((or))

     (3) A commercial parking company requiring the names and addresses of registered owners to notify them of outstanding parking violations.  The department may provide only the parts of the list that are required for completion of the work required of the company; or

(4) Any business regularly making loans to other persons to finance the purchase of motor vehicles, to be used to assist the person requesting the list to determine ownership of specific vehicles for the purpose of determining whether or not to provide such financing.

     In the event a list of registered and legal owners of motor vehicles is used for any purpose other than that authorized in ((subsections (1), (2) and (3) of)) this section, the manufacturer, governmental agency, commercial parking company, financial institution, or their authorized agents or contractors responsible for the unauthorized disclosure or use will be denied further access to such information by the department of licensing.

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