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                          HOUSE BILL 2745

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Koster, Mielke, Robertson, Ogden, Cairnes, Cooper, McMorris, Wood, Costa, Backlund, Carrell, Sherstad, Mulliken, Cooke, Thompson and Dunn

Read first time 01/19/98.  Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Ecology.

Exempting older vehicles from emission standards.

    AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle emission standards; and amending RCW 70.120.010.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.120.010 and 1991 c 199 s 201 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

    (1) "Department" means the department of ecology.

    (2) "Director" means the director of the department of ecology.

    (3) "Fleet" means a group of fifteen or more motor vehicles registered in the same name and whose owner has been assigned a fleet identifier code by the department of licensing.

    (4) "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle less than thirty years old that is required to be licensed pursuant to chapter 46.16 RCW.

    (5) "Motor vehicle dealer" means a motor vehicle dealer, as defined in RCW 46.70.011, that is licensed pursuant to chapter 46.70 RCW.

    (6) "Person" means an individual, firm, public or private corporation, association, partnership, political subdivision of the state, municipality, or governmental agency.

    (7) The terms "air contaminant," "air pollution," "air quality standard," "ambient air," "emission," and "emission standard" have the meanings given them in RCW 70.94.030.

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