SENATE BILL REPORT

                   SB 5507

               As Passed Senate, March 12, 1997

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:  2/6/97, 2/18/97 [DP].

Passed Senate, 3/12/97, 44-0.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

  Signed by Senators Prince, Chair; Benton, Vice Chair; Wood, Vice Chair; Goings, Haugen, Heavey, Horn, Jacobsen, Morton, Oke, Patterson, Prentice, Rasmussen and Sellar.

Staff:  Gary Lebow (786-7304)

Background:  Current statute provides for the issuance of a juvenile agricultural driving permit to persons 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:  Requested on February 5, 1997.

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

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  Senator Prince, prime sponsor.