6165-S.E AMH APP H5391.1

ESSB 6165 - H COMM AMD NOT ADOPTED 3-05-98

By Committee on Appropriations

    On page 9, after line 33, insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.  The legislature finds that driving is a privilege and that the state may restrict that privilege in the interests of public safety.  One such reasonable restriction is requiring certain individuals, if they choose to drive, to drive only vehicles equipped with ignition interlock devices.  The legislature further finds that the costs of these devices are minimal and are affordable.  It is the intent of the legislature that these devices be paid for by the drivers using them and that neither the state nor entities of local government provide any public funding for this purpose."

    Renumber the following sections consecutively.

EFFECT:  Provides a statement of legislative finding and intent regarding the reasonable and affordable nature of the restriction on the driving privilege that ignition interlocks represent.

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