CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5155

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 10, 1997

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 9, 1997

  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 5155 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below. 

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 5155

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senators Horn, Heavey and Prince

 

Read first time 01/16/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

 

Adjusting vehicle width limits.


    AN ACT Relating to vehicle width; and amending RCW 46.44.010.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.44.010 and 1983 c 278 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    The total outside width of any vehicle or load thereon shall not exceed eight and one-half feet:  PROVIDED, That no rear vision mirror may extend more than five inches beyond the extreme limits of the body:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That excluded from this calculation of width are safety appliances such as clearance lights, rub rails, flexible fender extensions, mud flaps, and splash and spray suppressant devices, and appurtenances such as door handles, door hinges, and turning signal brackets and such other safety appliances and appurtenances as the department may determine are necessary for the safe and efficient operation of motor vehicles:  AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That no appliances or appurtenances may extend more than ((two)) three inches beyond the extreme limits of the body.

 


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