HOUSE BILL REPORT

                  SB 5507

             As Reported By House Committee On:

               Transportation Policy & Budget

Title:  An act relating to traffic safety education for juvenile agricultural drivers.

Brief Description:  Allowing the holder of a juvenile agricultural driving permit to participate in school traffic safety classes.

Sponsors:  Senators Prince, Hochstatter, Morton and Rasmussen.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

Transportation Policy & Budget:  3/25/97, 4/2/97 [DP].

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION POLICY & BUDGET

Majority Report:  Do pass.  Signed by 27 members:  Representatives K. Schmidt, Chairman; Hankins, Vice Chairman; Mielke, Vice Chairman; Mitchell, Vice Chairman; Fisher, Ranking Minority Member; Blalock, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Cooper, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Backlund; Buck; Cairnes; Chandler; Constantine; DeBolt; Gardner; Hatfield; Johnson; Murray; O'Brien; Ogden; Radcliff; Robertson; Romero; Scott; Skinner; Sterk; Wood and Zellinsky.

Staff:  Gary Lebow (786-7304).

Background:  Current statute provides for the issuance of a juvenile agricultural driving permit to people under the age of 18 by the Department of Licensing.  The permit allows for the operation of a motor vehicle on and around public highways in a restricted area for one year.

Summary of Bill:  The holder of a juvenile agricultural driving permit is allowed to participate in the classroom portion of a traffic safety education course approved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and offered in the community in which the holder is a resident.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Available.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  None.