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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6532
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/06/96.
Extending an exception from vessel
registration.
AN ACT Relating to
exceptions from vessel registration; amending RCW 88.02.030; and providing an
expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 88.02.030 and 1991 c
339 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:
Vessel registration is
required under this chapter except for the following:
(1) Military or public
vessels of the United States, except recreational-type public vessels;
(2) Vessels owned by a
state or subdivision thereof, used principally for governmental purposes and
clearly identifiable as such;
(3) Vessels either (a)
registered or numbered under the laws of a country other than the United
States; or (b) having a valid United States customs service cruising license
issued pursuant to 19 C.F.R. Sec. 4.94;
(4) Vessels that have
been issued a valid number under federal law or by an approved issuing
authority of the state or country of principal operation. However, a
vessel that is validly registered in another state or country but that
is removed to this state for principal use is subject to registration under
this chapter. The issuing authority for this state shall recognize the
validity of the numbers previously issued for a period of sixty days after
arrival in this state;
(5) Vessels owned by a
((resident of another state)) nonresident if the vessel is
located upon the waters of this state exclusively for repairs or
reconstruction, or any testing related to the repair or reconstruction conducted
in this state if an employee of the repair facility is on board the vessel
during any testing: PROVIDED, That any vessel owned by a ((resident of
another state)) nonresident is located upon the waters of this state
exclusively for repairs, reconstruction or testing for a period longer than
sixty days, that the nonresident shall file an affidavit with the department of
revenue verifying the vessel is located upon the waters of this state for
repair, reconstruction or testing and shall continue to file such affidavit
every sixty days thereafter, while the vessel is located upon the waters of
this state exclusively for repairs, reconstruction or testing;
(6) Vessels equipped
with propulsion machinery of less than ten horsepower that:
(a) Are owned by the
owner of a vessel for which a valid vessel number has been issued;
(b) Display the number
of that numbered vessel followed by the suffix "1" in the manner
prescribed by the department; and
(c) Are used as a
tender for direct transportation between that vessel and the shore and for no
other purpose;
(7) Vessels under
sixteen feet in overall length which have no propulsion machinery of any type
or which are not used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States or on the high seas beyond the territorial seas for vessels owned in the
United States and are powered by propulsion machinery of ten or less
horsepower;
(8) Vessels with no
propulsion machinery of any type for which the primary mode of propulsion is
human power;
(9) Vessels which are
temporarily in this state undergoing repair or alteration;
(10) Vessels primarily
engaged in commerce which have or are required to have a valid marine document
as a vessel of the United States. Commercial vessels which the department of
revenue determines have the external appearance of vessels which would
otherwise be required to register under this chapter, must display decals
issued annually by the department of revenue that indicate the vessel's exempt
status; ((and))
(11) Vessels primarily
engaged in commerce which are owned by a resident of a country other than the
United States; and
(12) Vessels owned
by a nonresident individual brought into this state for his or her use or
enjoyment while temporarily within the state for not more than six months in
any continuous twelve-month period, unless the vessel is used in conducting a
nontransitory business activity within the state.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. Section 1 of this act
shall expire July 1, 1999.
