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                          HOUSE BILL 2743

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Koster, Cairnes, Ogden, Robertson, Mielke, McMorris, Costa, Backlund, Sherstad, Thompson and Dunn

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Regulating street rods.

    AN ACT Relating to street rods; and amending RCW 46.04.571 and 46.37.500.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.04.571 and 1996 c 225 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

    "Street rod vehicle" is a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, that meets the following conditions:

    (1)(a) The vehicle was manufactured before 1949, ((or)) (b) the vehicle has been assembled or reconstructed using major component parts of a motor vehicle manufactured before 1949, or (c) the vehicle was assembled or manufactured after 1949, to resemble a vehicle manufactured before 1949; and

    (2)(a) The vehicle has been modified in its body style or design through the use of nonoriginal or reproduction components, such as frame, engine, drive train, suspension, or brakes in a manner that does not adversely affect its safe performance as a motor vehicle or render it unlawful for highway use, or (b) the body has been constructed from nonoriginal materials or has been altered dimensionally or in shape and appearance from the original manufactured body.

    Sec. 2.  RCW 46.37.500 and 1988 c 15 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Except as authorized under subsection (2) of this section, no person may operate any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is not equipped with fenders, covers, flaps, or splash aprons adequate for minimizing the spray or splash of water or mud from the roadway to the rear of the vehicle.  All such devices shall be as wide as the tires behind which they are mounted and extend downward at least to the center of the axle.

    (2) A motor vehicle that is not less than forty years old ((and)) or a street rod vehicle that is owned and operated primarily as a collector's item need not be equipped with fenders when the vehicle is used and driven during fair weather on well-maintained, hard-surfaced roads.

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