CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 5155

                    Chapter 63, Laws of 1997

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

VEHICLE WITH--ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS BEYOND VEHICLE BODY

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the Senate March 10, 1997   YEAS 48   NAYS 0                BRAD OWEN 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.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives

MIKE O'CONNELL                             Secretary

Approved April 18, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                     April 18, 1997 - 11:06 a.m.

GARY LOCKE 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.

    Passed the Senate March 10, 1997.

    Passed the House April 9, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 18, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 18, 1997.