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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5618
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Wood, Heavey, Winsley, Sheldon, Spanel, Oke and Kohl)
Read first time 02/26/97.
AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 47.60 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
It is a traffic infraction for a driver of a motor vehicle intending to board a Washington state ferry, to: (1) Block a residential driveway while waiting to board the ferry; or (2) move in front of another vehicle in a queue already waiting to board the ferry, without the authorization of a state ferry system employee. Vehicles qualifying for preferential loading privileges under rules adopted by the department of transportation are exempt from this subsection.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 47.60 RCW to read as follows:
The department shall take steps to mitigate problems associated with lengthy ferry queues, including the blockage of residential driveways, by implementing appropriate mitigation procedures and any feasible infrastructural changes to enforce section 1 of this act.
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