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                          HOUSE BILL 2677

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Carrell and Sherstad

Read first time 01/16/98.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Regulating hulk haulers and scrap processors.

    AN ACT Relating to hulk haulers and scrap processors; and amending RCW 46.79.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.79.020 and 1990 c 250 s 70 are each amended to read as follows:

    Any hulk hauler or scrap processor licensed under the provisions of this chapter may:

    (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, transport any flattened or junk vehicle whether such vehicle is from in state or out of state, to a scrap processor upon obtaining the certificate of title or release of interest from the owner or an affidavit of sale from the landowner who has complied with RCW 46.55.230.  The scrap processor shall forward such document(s) to the department, together with a monthly report of all vehicles acquired from other than a licensed automobile wrecker, and no further identification shall be necessary.

    (2) Prepare vehicles and vehicle salvage for transportation and delivery to a scrap processor or vehicle wrecker only by removing the following vehicle parts:

    (a) Gas tanks;

    (b) Vehicle seats containing springs;

    (c) Tires;

    (d) Wheels;

    (e) ((Scrap)) Batteries;

    (f) ((Scrap)) Radiators;

(g) Aluminum;

(h) Catalytic converters.

    ((Such parts may not be removed if they will be accepted by a scrap processor or wrecker.))  Such parts may be removed only at a properly zoned location, and all preparation activity, vehicles, and vehicle parts shall be obscured from public view.  Storage is limited to ((two)) ten vehicles or the parts thereof which are authorized by this subsection, and any such storage may take place for up to thirty days only at a properly zoned location that has passed an inspection by the state patrol.  Any vehicle parts removed under the authority of this subsection shall be lawfully disposed of at or through a public facility or service for waste disposal or by sale to a licensed ((motor)) vehicle wrecker or scrap processor.

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